title: [Nosocomial scabies outbreak].
abstract: A scabies outbreak is reported which appeared in the Inpatient Pneumology Department in a 500-bed hospital. The outbreak began after the admission of a 90-year old woman referred from a nursing home. A total of 27 secondary cases occurred among health care personnel (14) and patients (13); other 7 cases of likely scabies occurred among 198 contacts. Patients were treated with 5% permetrine cream, in three applications one week apart from each other. It was also applied as prophylaxis in non involved patients in a single application. A discussion follows on the medical and preventive recommendations to control the spreading of these outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Hospital Universitario Del Río Hortega, Valladolid.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robles García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Lama López-Areal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Avellaneda Martínez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giménez García
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cortejoso Gonzalo
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vaquero Puerta
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D012532:Scabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D017678:Sex Distribution