An outbreak of scabies: A forgotten parasitic disease still present in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 49-50, 2007, Pages 695-699

  Jeanneret, Leila Achtari ^a   Erard, Philippe ^a   Gueissaz, Félix ^a   Malinverni, Raffaele ^a,b  

^a Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Gastroenterology Hôpital Neuchâtelois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crusted scabies; Nosocomial transmission; Scabies outbreak

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECZEMA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCABIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 37749006732     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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