An unusual presentation of scabies infestation in a patient with Darier's disease. The use of ivermectin as an adjunctive scabicide Article

Colsky, AS, Jegasothy, SM, Kirsner, RS et al. (1997). An unusual presentation of scabies infestation in a patient with Darier's disease. The use of ivermectin as an adjunctive scabicide . JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT, 8(2), 137-138. 10.3109/09546639709160287

cited authors

  • Colsky, AS; Jegasothy, SM; Kirsner, RS; Kerdel, FA

authors

abstract

  • Darier's disease is an inherited condition of defective keratinization in which patients are predisposed to the development of severe viral infections and have an increased susceptibility to bacterial and mycotic infections. We describe a patient with Darier's disease who had a severe form of scabies infestation which responded to treatment with permethrin in combination with ivermectin. The tendency of patients with Darier's disease to develop severe forms of cutaneous infections and infestations may reflect a common underlying mechanism, and their management may require more aggressive therapeutic approaches.

publication date

  • January 1, 1997

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start page

  • 137

end page

  • 138

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 2