Scabies in the extended care facility.
Scabies occurred in three nursing homes (two in Missouri and one in Pennsylvania) where the diagnosis was obscured by a lack of the usual clinical signs. Topical steroids can aggravate scabies and help to confirm the diagnosis; treatment with lindane lotion is successful, provided all patients and health personnel are treated.
D000368:Aged; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008923:Missouri; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012532:Scabies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities
D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane