Failure of scabies treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CONCLUSIONS: A second dose of ivermectin showed lower failure prevalence than single dose ivermectin which should be considered in all guidelines. Increasing treatment failure over time hints toward decreasing mite susceptibility against several drugs but reasons for failure are rarely assessed. Ideally, scabicide susceptibility testing should be implemented in future studies.PMID:37625798 | DOI:10.1093/bjd/ljad308

Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - August 25, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Lawrence Mbuagbaw Behnam Sadeghirad Rebecca L Morgan Dominik Mertz Shahrzad Motaghi Maryam Ghadimi Ifeoluwa Babatunde Babalwa Zani Tejanth Pasumarthi McKenzie Derby Venkata N Kothapudi Nicole R Palmer Thomas Harder Anton Aebischer Felix Reichert Source Type: research