Use of ivermectin to treat an institutional outbreak of scabies in a low-resource setting

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作者：

Garcia, Coralith

Iglesias, David

Terashima, Angelica

Canales, Marco

Gotuzzo, Eduardo

机构：

[1] Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Inst Med Trop Alexander von Humboldt, Lima 41, Peru

[2] Hosp Nacl Cayetano Heredia, Dept Enfermedades Infecciosas Trop & Dermatol, Lima, Peru

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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2007年 / 28卷 / 12期

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10.1086/521657

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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

In a limited-resource hospital in Lima, Peru, 23 (63.9%) of 36 healthcare workers developed pruritus and/or skin lesions after contact with a patient with classic scabies. Of these 23, a total of 5 healthcare workers had scabies confirmed by microscopy. Oral ivermectin was used to control the outbreak effectively.

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