A standard dose of ivermectin combined with 5% permethrin was superior to higher-dose ivermectin for the treatment of severe ...

A double-blind, randomized study showed that an increased oral dose of ivermectin (400 µg/kg of body weight) along with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Scabies and impetigo can cause severe skin reactions as well as soft tissue infections. Prevalence of both ...

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people. It ...

Ivermectin is a medication approved to treat and prevent certain infections caused by parasites or worms. It was first ...

One dose of an anti-parasite drug was just as effective as two at significantly reducing the spread of scabies, the contagious, intensely itchy skin condition, according to a new study. The research, ...

Severe scabies doesn't respond to the usual treatment for classic scabies due to the abundance of skin mites. A randomized trial showed that a higher dose of oral ivermectin was not superior to a ...