de Anda GJ, Ángeles ÁA, Arispe AK

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 32-35
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ABSTRACT

Bites of insects and arthropods are a frequent cause of visits to physician, and in some cases cause death, especially in children. Scabies is an ectoparasite infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei variety hominis. We report the findings of the autopsy of a 29 year-old man with Norwegian o crusted scabies, an atypical form present in patients with immunodeficiency. The Norwegian scabies results from a failure of the host immune response to control the proliferation of the scabies mite in the skin. In this subtype scabies, secondary sepsis and the subsequent death are frequent.

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