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

Coralith Garcia; David Iglesias; Angélica Terashima; Marco Canales; Eduardo Gotuzzo

doi:10.1086/521657

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

Coralith Garcia
, David Iglesias
, Angélica Terashima
, Marco Canales
, Eduardo Gotuzzo

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1337-1338
Number of pages	2
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	28
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/521657
State	Published - Dec 2007

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