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Control of Transmission of Norwegian Scabies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abdul B. Zafar ,
Sary O. Beidas  and
Linda K. Sylvester
Abdul B. Zafar*
Affiliation:
Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland
Sary O. Beidas
Affiliation:
Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland
Linda K. Sylvester
Affiliation:
Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland
*
Infection Control, Prince George's Hospital Center, 3001 Hospital Drive, Cheverly, MD 20785
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Abstract

Seven staff members developed scabies after exposure to a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia and hyperkeratotic skin lesions. They were treated and prophylaxis was given to 11 staff members in September 1998. The hospital has had no nosocomial scabies since then despite the admission of 11 patients with AIDS and Norwegian scabies.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2002 , pp. 278 - 279
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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