Scabies in the nursing home, misdiagnosis means costs, and embarrassment: story of a centenarian smitten by scabies!

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014 Jan;15(1):74-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.002.

Authors

Padmavathi Murakonda¹, Khashayar Yazdanbaksh², T S Dharmarajan¹

Affiliations

¹ Montefiore Medical Center (Wakefield Campus), Bronx, NY; University Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
² Montefiore Medical Center (Wakefield Campus), Bronx, NY; University Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

PMID: 24359700
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Cross Infection / diagnosis
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Dementia / complications
Diagnostic Errors*
Female
Humans
Insecticides / therapeutic use
Nursing Homes*
Permethrin / therapeutic use
Scabies / diagnosis*
Scabies / drug therapy

Substances

Insecticides
Permethrin