title: Diagnosis of scabies.
abstract: Mineral oil scrapings from an infant with a persistent, puzzling, generalized eruption revealed the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. Various diagnostic technics and treatment for scabies are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012520:Sarcoptes scabiei / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology