[Ectoparasitoses in childhood].
Parasites are specialized creatures that live totally or in part at the expense of other species. Relevant to the skin are ectoparasites, especially arthropods and worms, which live permanently (scabies mites, head lice) or temporarily (bugs, fleas, ticks, harvest mites, cercaria) on or in the skin. During childhood pediculosis capitis, scabies, reactions to insect bites, trombidioses, and cercarial dermatitis play the most important role and are described below.
Fölster-Holst
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Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Deutschland. rfoelsterholst@dermatology.uni-kiel.de
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D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D003879:Dermatologic Agents