Parasitic infections, such as head lice and scabies
Description
- Scabies - Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis mite burrows into stratum corneum
- Crusted (Norwegian) scabies - hyperinfestation (thousands-millions of mites) in immunosuppressed/elderly/disabled patients - highly contagious, easily missed
- Pediculosis - lice infestation, three forms: head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis), body lice (P. humanus corporis - associated with poor hygiene/homelessness, disease vector), pubic lice (Phthirus pubis - STI-associated)
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