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Norwegian scabies in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
D Guggisberg1, P A de Viragh, C Constantin
1Service de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, et Département Hospitalo-Universitaire Romand de Dermatologie et Vénéréologie (DHURDV), Lausanne/Genève, Suisse.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|November 13, 1998
Abstract:
We report the case of a 42-year-old man with symptomatic HIV infection (C3 CDC stage) who presented widespread hyperkeratotic skin lesions diagnosed as Norwegian scabies. The CD4 count was 87 cells/mm3. The patient has been the source of a nosocomial outbreak (20 individuals affected). He was treated successfully with combined topical treatment (permethrin 5% cream plus keratolytic agents) and oral ivermectin.