A nurse is caring for a 9-year-old child with scabies. The nurse would expect to see which of the following on the patient's skin?

Explanation

• Scabies is a parasitic skin infection that presents as red papules/pustules with brown, thread-like, linear burrows

• White patches, hair loss, and cystic lesions are not associated with scabies

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