Scabies in the Extended Care Facility Revisited
: Infestations with Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis re‐main a problem in nursing home patients. While the traditional signs of scabies include burrows and red papules found on the fingerwebs, chest, waist, or genitalia, the elderly or infirm patient may have only a nonspecific pruritic eruption. Epide...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of dermatology 1991-10, Vol.30 (10), p.703-706 |
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Zusammenfassung: | : Infestations with Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis re‐main a problem in nursing home patients. While the traditional signs of scabies include burrows and red papules found on the fingerwebs, chest, waist, or genitalia, the elderly or infirm patient may have only a nonspecific pruritic eruption. Epidemics in skilled care facilities may be controlled and the scabies mite even eradicated from the institutions with appropriate diagnosis and adequate treatment of both patients and personnel and their contacts. |
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ISSN: | 0011-9059 1365-4632 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1991.tb02613.x |