When should you treat scabies empirically?

dc.contributor.author	Page, Tanya L.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Eiff, M. Patrice	eng
dc.contributor.author	Judkins, Dolores Zegar	eng
dc.date.issued	2007	eng
dc.description.abstract	Empirically treat patients when they have pruritus and lesions typical of scabies in at least 2 places--even if there is no known household contact diagnosed with scabies, and even if the diagnosis cannot be confirmed by light microscopy (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on a single large cohort study). Also give empiric treatment to all sexual and household contacts of anyone diagnosed with scabies (SOR: C, based on expert opinion).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3681	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2007 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 56, no. 07 (July 2007): 570-572	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	pruritus	eng
dc.subject	lesions	eng
dc.subject	skin scrapings	eng
dc.subject	permethrin	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Scabies -- Diagnosis	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Scabies -- Treatment	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Ectoparasitic infestations	eng
dc.title	When should you treat scabies empirically?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2007
The items in this collection constitute volume 56 of Clinical Inquiries.