Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome

Pediculosis is an infestation of lice on the human body. Pediculosis pubis is primarily found in the pubic region and is usually transmitted by sexual contact. Diagnosis is done by visualization of mites which can be aided by the use of dermoscope. Hereby, we report a case of an Alport syndrome pati...

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Autores principales: Dave, Manal D., Mehta, Hita H., Gorasiya, Amitkumar Rameshbhai, Nimbark, Devanshi Nitin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_88_22
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author Dave, Manal D.
Mehta, Hita H.
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Nimbark, Devanshi Nitin
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description Pediculosis is an infestation of lice on the human body. Pediculosis pubis is primarily found in the pubic region and is usually transmitted by sexual contact. Diagnosis is done by visualization of mites which can be aided by the use of dermoscope. Hereby, we report a case of an Alport syndrome patient having extensive pubic lice infestation with no sexual history and probable transmission from cattle.
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spelling pubmed-103431082023-07-14 Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome Dave, Manal D. Mehta, Hita H. Gorasiya, Amitkumar Rameshbhai Nimbark, Devanshi Nitin Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Reports Pediculosis is an infestation of lice on the human body. Pediculosis pubis is primarily found in the pubic region and is usually transmitted by sexual contact. Diagnosis is done by visualization of mites which can be aided by the use of dermoscope. Hereby, we report a case of an Alport syndrome patient having extensive pubic lice infestation with no sexual history and probable transmission from cattle. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10343108/ /pubmed/37457509 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_88_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Dave, Manal D.
Mehta, Hita H.
Gorasiya, Amitkumar Rameshbhai
Nimbark, Devanshi Nitin
Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title_full Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title_fullStr Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title_short Pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of Alport syndrome
title_sort pediculosis pubis presenting as pediculosis capitis, pediculosis corporis, and pediculosis ciliaris in a case of alport syndrome
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37457509
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_88_22
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