An outbreak of lindane-resistant scabies treated successfully with permethrin 5% cream.
An outbreak of scabies in 12 persons, after contact with a hospitalized patient with lindane-resistant Norwegian scabies, is described. Resistance to treatment was documented in 7 of 10 patients treated with lindane. Of these, one responded to crotamiton 10% cream, and the remaining six were cured by a single treatment with permethrin 5% cream.
Purvis
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Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
Tyring
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SK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007306:Insecticides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D026023:Permethrin; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012520:Sarcoptes scabiei / Q000187:drug effects*; D012532:Scabies / Q000188:drug therapy*
D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins; D026023:Permethrin; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane