Scabies in the Nursing Home, Misdiagnosis Means Costs, and Embarrassment: Story of a Centenarian Smitten by Scabies!

Authors

Padmavathi Murakonda, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Khashayar Yazdanbaksh
T S. Dharmarajan, New York Medical CollegeFollow

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.002

Journal Title

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

First Page

74

Last Page

75

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Department

Medicine

Keywords

Aged, 80 and over, Cross Infection, Dementia, Diagnostic Errors, Female, Humans, Insecticides, Nursing Homes, Permethrin, Scabies

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Murakonda, P., Yazdanbaksh, K., & Dharmarajan, T. S. (2014). Scabies in the Nursing Home, Misdiagnosis Means Costs, and Embarrassment: Story of a Centenarian Smitten by Scabies!. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15 (1), 74-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.002