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Scabies in a 4-week-old baby boy, a diagnostic challenge
  1. Elima Pérez de Diego1,
  2. Itziar Bueno Vidán1,
  3. César David Herrera Molina1,
  4. Mario Puerta Peña2,
  5. Cristina Epalza Ibarrondo1,3,
  6. Elisa Fernandez Cooke1,3
  1. 1 Paediatrics Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
  2. 2 Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
  3. 3 Paediatric Department, Instituto de Investigacion Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Elima Pérez de Diego, Paediatrics Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain; elimapd{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-321944

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    A 28-day-old baby boy presented to the emergency department with a generalised exanthema and irritability. The mother referred a 15-day history of progressive erythematous papules, starting in the lower limbs and extending to the trunk, arms, scalp, face, palms and soles. He had a generalised papulopustular rash, with desquamation, haemorrhagic crusts in the lower limbs and meliceric crusts on the palms (figure 1). He had no fever or weight …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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