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Large Nosocomial Outbreak Associated with a Norwegian Scabies Index Case Undergoing TNF-α Inhibitor Treatment: Management and Control.
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Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2015 Nov; Vol. 36 (11), pp. 1358-60. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 19. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- We describe a large outbreak associated with a crusted (Norwegian) scabies case in an immunocompromised patient following treatment with TNF-α inhibitor (adalimumab) for psoriasis arthritis. The increasing use of TNF-α inhibitors should induce clinicians to consider this serious parasitic infection when evaluating skin rashes in patients receiving biologic therapies.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1559-6834
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26288185
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.188