Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused ... is often treated with a combination of permethrin (5%) and oral ivermectin 200 µ/kg. Antibiotics are used when there is a secondary ...

Limited effective treatments, coupled with recent observations of emerging drug resistance to oral ivermectin and 5% permethrin, raise concerns regarding the future control of scabies, especially ...

Ly F, Caumes E, Ndaw CA, Ndiaye B, Mahe A: Ivermectin versus benzyl benzoate applied once or twice to treat human scabies in Dakar, Senegal: a randomized controlled trial. Bull World Health Organ ...

An oral medication called Stromectol (ivermectin) is not FDA-approved ... risk of the mites spreading to other surfaces or humans. Crusted scabies, or Norwegian scabies, is a severe form of ...