Single dose ivermectin for scabies pre-emptive therapy among healthcare workers in Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
To our knowledge, this is the first Italian experience in which a single dose of ivermectin has been implemented for mass pre-emptive therapy in asymptomatic primary contacts of classical scabies, showing excellent efficacy of the drug even when used as a single dose.
Authors
- Annarita Chiarelli
- Alberto Moggi Pignone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5828-6206)
- Diana Paolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-5710)
- Giulio Arcangeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0094-0399)
- Fabrizio Niccolini
- Riccardo Paggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8767-2640)
- Lorenzo Zammarchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-8404)
- Beatrice Borchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-5225)
- Marco Pozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4400-5001)
- Michele Cecchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-7010)
- Elisabetta Mantengoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6072-1534)
- Giulia Bandini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-7319)
- Alessandro Bartoloni
- Alessandra Ipponi
Institutions
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (IT)
- University of Florence (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infezioni in Medicina
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53854/liim-3204-10
- Primary Topic
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00