KROK 1 2012 – Question 123 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient complains of skin itch, especially between fingers, in the inguinal creases, on the lower abdomen. Examination of these regions revealed there some small vesicles. Laboratory diagnostics allowed to establish that this condition had been caused by a representative of Arthropoda. Specify the disease caused by this arthropod:
- A. Myiasis
- B. Demodicosis
- C. Pediculosis
- D. Dermatotropic leishmaniasis
- E. Scabies
Hint
Consider the typical sites of the itchy vesicles and which arthropod parasite of human skin gives exactly this distribution.
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