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Table 2 Sites and types of lesions

From: Prevalence and drivers of human scabies among children and adolescents living and studying in Cameroonian boarding schools

Characteristic

 

Number (%)

Type of lesions

Non-specific lesions

Hyperkeratosic and crusty lesions

129 (38.2)

 

Papules

255 (75.4)

 

Pustules

26 (7.7)

 

Scratch marks

224 (66.3)

Specific lesions

Pearled vesicles

146 (43.2)

 

Scabious nodules

112 (33.1)

Site of lesions

Foot

54 (16.0)

 

Axillary creases

83 (24.6)

 

Interdigital spaces

207 (61.2)

 

Wrists

184 (54.4)

 

Elbows

132 (39.1)

 

Buttocks

164 (48.5)

 

Anterior face of thighs

109 (32.3)

 

Glans

31 (9.2)

 

Breasts

9 (2.7)

 

Anterior armholes

116 (34.3)

 

Posterior armholes

90 (26.6)

 

Inguinal creases

85 (25.2)

 

Diffused

44 (13.0)