Large Nosocomial Outbreak Associated with a Norwegian Scabies Index Case Undergoing TNF-α Inhibitor Treatment: Management and Control

Autor: Belvisi, Valeria, Orsi, Giovanni Battista, Del Borgo, Cosmo, Fabietti, Paolo, Ianari, Adriana, Albertoni, Francesco, Porcelli, Patricia, Potenza, Concetta, Mastroianni, Claudio Maria
Zdroj: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; November 2015, Vol. 36 Issue: 11 p1358-1360, 3p
Abstrakt: 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.Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.2015;36(11):1358–1360
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