Common skin infections - parasitic infections, such as head lice and scabies
Description
- Head lice (pediculosis capitis) - Pediculus humanus capitis, scalp/hair infestation
- Scabies - Sarcoptes scabiei mite burrowing into the epidermis, causing an intensely pruritic hypersensitivity reaction
- Crusted (Norwegian) scabies - hyperinfestation variant in the immunosuppressed - highly contagious and a distinct clinical entity
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