Treatment of Pediculosis Capitis

An endeavour to delineate the salient details of the treatment of head lice infestation has been made in the present article. Treatment modalities including over the counter permethrin and pyrethrin, and prescription medicines, including malathion, lindane, benzyl alcohol, spinosad are discussed. Sa...

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Autores principales: Verma, Prashant, Namdeo, Chaitanya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26120148
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.156339
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spelling pubmed-44589332015-06-26 Treatment of Pediculosis Capitis Verma, Prashant Namdeo, Chaitanya Indian J Dermatol Review Article An endeavour to delineate the salient details of the treatment of head lice infestation has been made in the present article. Treatment modalities including over the counter permethrin and pyrethrin, and prescription medicines, including malathion, lindane, benzyl alcohol, spinosad are discussed. Salient features of alternative medicine and physical treatment modalities are outlined. The problem of resistance to treatment has also been taken cognizance of. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4458933/ /pubmed/26120148 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.156339 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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