Last Updated on July 29, 2021 by Stacy Sampson, DO
Scabies STI/STD Brief
These briefs are intended to give readers (specifically those who weren’t aware many of these STIs/STDs existed) an overview of each STI, their commonality, treatment options, and diagnostic tests available.
This information is by no means all-encompassing and The STI Project encourages using these briefs as primers and then further delving into the resources section when subsequent questions arise.
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Scabies Symptoms, Test & Treatment
Common? Quite common – Around 1 million people contract it in the U.S. annually
Symptoms Intense itching – usually at night, small bumps or rashes that appear in dirty-looking, small curling lines, especially on the penis, between the fingers, on the buttocks, breasts, wrists, thighs, and around the belly button
Cure? Medications such as Nix, Elimite, or Scabene.
Bacterial/Viral/ Fungal/Parasitic Parasitic
Test Your health care provider can examine a scraping from your skin with a microscope to see if you have scabies. Sometimes a biopsy, or skin sample, may be necessary
Life-Long? No
Life-Threatening? No
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References
- Symptoms
- Engelman, Daniel, and Andrew C. Steer. “Diagnosis, treatment, and control of scabies: can we do better?.” The Lancet Infectious Diseases 18.8 (2018): 822-823.
- Salavastru, C. M., et al. “European guideline for the management of scabies.” Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 31.8 (2017): 1248-1253.
- Park, Jebyung, et al. “Identifying the time to cure for patients with classic scabies after infection control intervention in acute care hospital settings.” American journal of infection control 47.5 (2019): 588-590.
- Hewitt, K. A., A. Nalabanda, and J. A. Cassell. “Scabies outbreaks in residential care homes: factors associated with late recognition, burden and impact. A mixed methods study in England.” Epidemiology & Infection 143.7 (2015): 1542-1551.
- Cohen, Philip R. “Scabies masquerading as bullous pemphigoid: scabies surrepticius.” Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology 10 (2017): 317.
- Testing
- Arlian, Larry G., Hermann Feldmeier, and Marjorie S. Morgan. “The potential for a blood test for scabies.” PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9.10 (2015): e0004188.
- Thompson, M. J., et al. “Systematic review of the diagnosis of scabies in therapeutic trials.” Clinical and experimental dermatology 42.5 (2017): 481-487.
- Abdel-Latif, Azmy A., et al. “Comparing the diagnostic properties of skin scraping, adhesive tape, and dermoscopy in diagnosing scabies.” Acta dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica, et Adriatica 27.2 (2018): 75-78.
- Walton, Shelley F., and Bart J. Currie. “Scabies.” Neglected Tropical Diseases-Oceania. Springer, Cham, 2016. 249-272.
- Hahm, J. E., C. W. Kim, and S. S. Kim. “Nested PCR for diagnosing scabies infestation.” British Journal of Dermatology 179.4 (2018): e173-e173.
- Treatment
- Engelman, Daniel, and Andrew C. Steer. “Diagnosis, treatment, and control of scabies: can we do better?.” The Lancet Infectious Diseases 18.8 (2018): 822-823.
- Sanders, Kristen M., et al. “Non-Histaminergic Itch Mediators Elevated in the Skin of a Porcine Model of Scabies and of Human Scabies Patients.” Journal of Investigative Dermatology 139.4 (2019): 971-973.
- Aussy, A., et al. “Risk factors for treatment failure in scabies: a cohort study.” British Journal of Dermatology (2018).
- Mounsey, Kate E., et al. “Prospects for moxidectin as a new oral treatment for human scabies.” PLoS neglected tropical diseases 10.3 (2016): e0004389.
- Ahmad, Hesham M., Eman S. Abdel‐Azim, and Rasha T. Abdel‐Aziz. “Clinical efficacy and safety of topical versus oral ivermectin in treatment of uncomplicated scabies.” Dermatologic therapy 29.1 (2016): 58-63.
- Prevention
- May, Philippa J., et al. “Treatment, prevention and public health management of impetigo, scabies, crusted scabies and fungal skin infections in endemic populations: a systematic review.” Tropical Medicine & International Health 24.3 (2019): 280-293.
- May, Philippa, et al. “Protocol for the systematic review of the prevention, treatment and public health management of impetigo, scabies and fungal skin infections in resource-limited settings.” Systematic reviews 5.1 (2016): 162.
- Wang, Peihong, et al. “Investigation, prevention and control of a healthcare-associated infection outbreak due to Norwegian scabies.” Chinese Journal of Infection Control 16.8 (2017): 749-751.
- Makkar, S. S. “Prevention and management of scabies in pets vis-a-vis human health.” Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung 262.02 (2017): FF03-02.
- Mara, Duncan. “Scabies control: the forgotten role of personal hygiene.” The Lancet Infectious Diseases 18.10 (2018): 1068.
- Transmission
- van der Linden, Naomi, et al. “A systematic review of scabies transmission models and data to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of scabies interventions.” PLoS neglected tropical diseases 13.3 (2019): e0007182.
- Rihatmadja, Rahadi, et al. “Why are they hard to treat? A preliminary survey to predict important factors causing persistent scabies among students of religion-affiliated boarding schools in Indonesia.” Dermatology Reports (2019).
- Kinyanjui, Timothy, et al. “Scabies in residential care homes: Modelling, inference and interventions for well-connected population sub-units.” PLoS computational biology 14.3 (2018): e1006046.
- Park, Jebyung, et al. “Identifying the time to cure for patients with classic scabies after infection control intervention in acute care hospital settings.” American journal of infection control 47.5 (2019): 588-590.
- Engelman, Daniel, and Andrew Steer. “Control strategies for scabies.” Tropical medicine and infectious disease 3.3 (2018): 98.
