Nosocomial outbreak of scabies from a Norwegian scabies case;Brote intrahospitalario de escabiasis, a partir de un caso de sarna Noruega

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-254

  Fajardo Velázquez, Ramón ^a   Urdez Hernández, Elena ^a   Ysita Morales, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AIDS and Norwegian scabies; Mexico; Nosocomial outbreak; Scabies

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEXICO; PRURITUS; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN DEFECT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SCABIES;

EID: 4644350671     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342004000300015     Document Type: Review

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