1. Case report: a new method for treatment of permethrin – resistant head lice
- Author
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Farhad Jahangiri
- Subjects
Pediculus humanus capitis ,malathion ,business.industry ,Pediculosis ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Case Reports ,medicine.disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,030210 environmental & occupational health ,Toxicology ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,pyrethroids ,chemistry ,Infestation ,parasitic diseases ,Head lice ,medicine ,Malathion ,business ,Permethrin ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Key Clinical Message Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) infestation is an important disease worldwide, especially in children under 11 years old. Permethrin is the most common insecticide for treatment of human pediculosis, but nowadays resistance to permethrin and other pyrethroids has caused many treatment failures. The second treatment of choice is malathion.
- Published
- 2017