Scabies: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis

Conclusions Scabies still remains a major public health problem worldwide. Research is hindered mainly due to difficulty in obtaining the material from infested people as well as a lack of an in vitro system. To date, there is no diagnostic method for detecting scabies infection, which would give a 100% reliable result. Each of the methods mentioned above has some limitations in use. It seems that the sensitivity of those methods will vary, depending on a patient's clinical features.
Source: Polish Annals of Medicine - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research