Scabies, Staphylococcal Infection - DermAtlas

Contributor

David Lange, MD

Diagnosis

scabies Staphylococcal infection

Body Site

hand wrist web space, hand

Age

6 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

yellow red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 6-year-old girl complained of a painful itchy skin rash for 2 months. Her siblings developed a similar eruption. The primary lesions were typical of scabies with burrows in the web spaces. Secondary infection probably with Staphylococcus aureus resulted in secondary infection and the crusts and pustules. She was a resident of an internally displaced persons camp in Darfur.

Description

generalized symmetric crusted papules and pustules with most severe involvement of the web spaces

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4/9/2008 23:16:23

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