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Nosocomial Outbreak of Scabies Clinically Resistant to Lindane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Vicente Boix
Affiliation:
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
José Sánchez-Payá
Affiliation:
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
Joaquín Portilla
Affiliation:
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
Esperanza Merino
Affiliation:
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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