title: Diagnosis of human scabies by epidermal shave biopsy.
abstract: A superficial shave biopsy is described as a simple, essentially painless, more reliable method for the demonstration of the scabies mite, eggs, and feces in human skin.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012532:Scabies / Q000473:pathology*