Scabies mimicking graft versus host disease in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient.

We report the first Korean case of scabies in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient, initially suspected for skin graft versus host disease (GVHD). A T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia patient underwent a sibling matched allogeneic HCT and developed pruritus after cell engraftment. Treatment for GVHD did not improve the symptoms. He was diagnosed with scabies after 30 days of symptom onset. PMID: 30428645 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Korean Journal of Pediatrics - November 16, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Korean J Pediatr Source Type: research