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Its clinical diagnosis may be challenging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In a prospective observational study, we enrolled all consecutive patients \u226516\u00a0years of age with a presumptive diagnosis of scabies and all patients \u226516\u00a0years of age with a diffuse itchy dermatosis lasting for more than 1\u00a0week. We investigated whether patients with scabies were more prone to scratch themselves during the consultation than patients with other pruritic dermatoses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We observed that a significant proportion of patients (25\/62, 40%) with scabies had to scratch while talking or being examined. This clinical sign was less frequently noticed in patients with pruritic dermatoses of other origins (26\/196, 13%) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The observation of a patient scratching himself during the consultation should prompt serious consideration of\u00a0scabies. 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