| Search set | CIDG SRa | CENTRAL | MEDLINE/EMBASEb | LILACSb | INDMED |
| 1 | scabies | scabies | scabies | scabies | scabies |
| 2 | — | Sarcoptes scabiei | SCABIES | treatment | Sarcoptes scabiei |
| 3 | — | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 1 and 2 | 1 or 2 |
| 4 | — | — | treatment | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | benzyl benzoate | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | crotamiton | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | lindane | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | malathion | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | permethrin | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | ivermectin | — | — |
| 11 | — | — | sulphur | — | — |
| 12 | — | — | hexachlorocyclohexane | — | — |
| 13 | — | — | gamma benzene hexachloride | — | — |
| 14 | — | — | 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 | — | — |
| 15 | — | — | 3 and 14 | — | — |
| 16 | — | — | Limit 15 to human | — | — |