An outbreak of lindane-resistant scabies treated successfully with permethrin 5% cream

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Dec;25(6 Pt 1):1015-6. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70300-q.

Abstract

An outbreak of scabies in 12 persons, after contact with a hospitalized patient with lindane-resistant Norwegian scabies, is described. Resistance to treatment was documented in 7 of 10 patients treated with lindane. Of these, one responded to crotamiton 10% cream, and the remaining six were cured by a single treatment with permethrin 5% cream.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance
  • Female
  • Hexachlorocyclohexane / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Insecticides / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Permethrin
  • Pyrethrins / therapeutic use*
  • Sarcoptes scabiei / drug effects*
  • Scabies / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Pyrethrins
  • Permethrin
  • Hexachlorocyclohexane