An Undiagnosed Index Case Leading to a Nosocomial Scabies Outbreak: How Mass Single-Dose Ivermectin Treatment Can Help Control a Nosocomial Epidemic.
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Crusted ("Norwegian") scabies in a specialist HIV unit: successful use of ivermectin and failure to prevent nosocomial transmission.
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- Infection control and hospital epidemiology
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تاریخ انتشار 2018