| Title | Localised genital Norwegian scabies in an AIDS patient. | | Author(s) | Perna AG, Bell K, Rosen T | | Institution | Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. | | Source | Sex Transm Infect 2004 Feb; 80(1):72-3. | | MeSH | AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Antiparasitic Agents
Humans
Ivermectin
Male
Middle Aged
Penile Diseases
Scabies
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVES: We present a case of an AIDS patient with Norwegian scabies manifest by a single, crusted plaque localised to the glans penis.
METHODS: A 45 year old man with AIDS presented to our clinic complaining of a red papular pruritic rash on his abdomen and anterior thighs and a single, thick, crusted, non-pruritic lesion on the penis. He had been treated with lindane topically prior to the development of the penile lesion without resolution of the pruritus or red papular lesions. A mineral oil preparation was obtained from the hyperkeratotic penile lesion and revealed numerous mite eggs and faeces.
RESULTS: The diagnosis of localised, genital Norwegian scabies was made. The patient was treated with ivermectin 200 micro g/kg per dose taken as two doses, 14 days apart, with complete resolution of both pruritus and skin lesions.
CONCLUSIONS: This patient is the first known report of Norwegian scabies localised as a single lesion on the penis. He was successfully treated with oral ivermectin monotherapy. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 14755042 |
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