STEROID-INDUCED NORWEGIAN SCABIES

Authors
KARRER S SZEIMIES RM WLOTZKE U STOLZ W HOHENLEUTNER U LANDTHALER M
Citation
S. Karrer et al., STEROID-INDUCED NORWEGIAN SCABIES, Hautarzt, 48(5), 1997, pp. 343-346
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
343 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1997)48:5<343:SNS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Two patients aged 50 and 84 years presented with generalized itching e czema that has been treated with external and internal steroids for mo nths. Despite therapy, the condition worsened continuously. Examinatio n of skin scrapings revealed numerous mites, so Norwegian scabies was diagnosed. General examinations excluded underlying diseases. Treatmen t With steroids over months most likely led via immunosuppression to t he exacerbation of the disease.