Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)»Scabies (B86)
B86
Scabies
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Scabies17 drugs (14 approved, 3 experimental)
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.