One of my most satisfying achievements as a resident was successfully identifying scabies mites, eggs, or scybala via light microscopic examination of copious amounts of skin scrapings collected with ...

Scabies is a skin condition that causes significant itching and a rash of raised bumps, which may include blisters and scales. Scabies spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact with someone who ...

Crusted scabies is a severe infestation of scabies mites and eggs in the skin. The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis, is a microscopic mite also known as the human itch mite. Scabies mites ...

Dear Doctor: My wife and I had to go back to our offices, so our 4-year-old son is back in day care. About six weeks in, he got an itchy rash that drove him nuts. His pediatrician says it’s scabies.

State officials are taking another look at how a St. Petersburg assisted living facility handled a possible scabies outbreak amid new complaints that executives took too long to address the problem.