The patient was treated for a skin infection caused by an infestation with the itch mite. this condition is called

Infestations of Sarcoptes Scabiei or itch mite, cause an disease called Scabies. Scabies is a unpleasant, infectious, and nonlethal itching disorder characterized by the mites burrowing into the skin. Scabies has a propensity to spread and it is extremely common for infections to spread among school children.