Treatment of human scabies with oral ivermectin

Thirty-eight patients with scabies (21 males and 17 females) received oral ivermectin in two doses of 200 <FONT FACE="Symbol">m</FONT>g/kg at 7 days interval. Excellent results were achieved in 29 cases (76.34%), improvement in 6 (15.78%) and poor responses in 3 (7.88%). Tolera...

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Main Authors: Ismael A. CONTI DÍAZ, Jorge AMARO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999-07-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651999000400011&tlng=en