1. Head lice infestations: A clinical update
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Carl Cummings, Noni E MacDonald, and Jane C Finlay
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Louse ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,biology.animal ,Primary health ,parasitic diseases ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Isopropyl myristate ,biology ,business.industry ,Louse infestation ,Dimeticone ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,CPS Documents Online / Documents de la SCP en Ligne ,chemistry ,Vector (epidemiology) ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,business ,Head lice infestation ,Permethrin ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) infestations are not a primary health hazard or a vector for disease, but they are a societal problem with substantial costs. Diagnosis of head lice infestation requires the detection of a living louse. Although pyrethrins and permethrin remain first-line treatments in Canada, isopropyl myristate/ST-cyclomethicone solution and dimeticone can be considered as second-line therapies when there is evidence of treatment failure.
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- 2018
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