Scabies manifesting as bullous pemphigus in a nursing home resident.
2014
Fazia Mir, and
Dulce M Cruz-Oliver
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009735
Nursing Homes
Facilities which provide nursing supervision and limited medical care to persons who do not require hospitalization.
Homes, Nursing,Nursing Home
D010391
Pemphigoid, Bullous
A chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease usually of the elderly and without histopathologic acantholysis.
Pemphigoid,Bullous Pemphigoid,Pemphigoids
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000369
Aged, 80 and over
Persons 80 years of age and older.
Oldest Old
D012532
Scabies
A contagious cutaneous inflammation caused by the bite of the mite SARCOPTES SCABIEI. It is characterized by pruritic papular eruptions and burrows and affects primarily the axillae, elbows, wrists, and genitalia, although it can spread to cover the entire body.