Crusted scabies in two immunocompromised children: Successful treatment with oral ivermectin

✍ Scribed by Anita Patel; Peter Hogan; Brien Walder

• Book ID: 104468907
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 197 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-8380
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00314.x

✦ Synopsis

Two immunodeficient children, aged 4 and 12 years, with crusted scabies were successfully treated with a single oral dose of ivermectin (200 μg/kg). One child had been diagnosed in infancy with an undefined congenital T cell immunodeficiency and the other with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis. Both had failed to respond to conventional topical therapy. In view of the excellent therapeutic response and absence of side‐effects, ivermectin should be considered in the treatment of recalcitrant crusted scabies in children.