Head lice commonly evoke feelings of disgust, revulsion, anger, and shame among parents and patients. There should, however, be no great cause for such alarm if a physician suspects pediculosis capitis. The recent introduction of several new pediculicidal drugs now allows a choice among four distinct therapeutic agents, which should substantially improve control of isolated cases and epidemics....

background: pediculosis capitis is a common parasitic infection of children, which has been neglected in many areas as well in shahriar county, tehran province. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of pediculosis capitis among pupils in primary schools of shahriar county. m aterials and methods: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted in shahriar for the period of 2012 t...

2260 (1755 male and 505 female) preschool and school children of chabahar were studied for tinea capitis and pediculosis of the scalp. 42 cases were found positive in direct examination, 41cases endothrix being only one case; was ectothrix. trixhophyton violaceun was isolated from 40 cases and 4 of those were microscopically negative for fungal elements. totally, 46 cases of tinea capitis with ...

conclusions the overall infestation rate in the present study is probably one of the lowest infestation rates in iran and in the region. it appears necessary to examine pupils by trained persons for early detection of infestation. results according to the obtained results, pediculosis spp. prevalence was 2% among male and female students of khorramshahr primary schools; it was 2.6% in females a...

Head lice infestation is still a health problem in Indonesia. Currently, there has been lot of research on the incidence pediculosis capitis. However, are few articles that systematically review head infestation. The purpose writing this article to examine cases capitis several regions Indonesia order obtain systematic and comprehensive prevalence data. A literature search was carried out Octob...

Scabies and pediculosis are ubiquitous, contagious, and debilitating parasitic dermatoses. The tendency of high prevalence of pediculosis and scabies among school and preschool age children has prompted us to conduct a head louse and scabies prevalence survey among preschool nursery children in our district. A school-based, crosssectional study was performed, with 1,134 children chosen for eval...

BACKGROUND Pediculosis capitis is cosmopolitan health problem. In addition to its physical problems, its psychological effects especially on pupils are more important. This study was conducted to determine the Pediculosis capitis among primary school pupils and also find out the role of probable related risk factors in Urmia city, Iran 2010. METHODS 35 primary schools of Urmia City according ...

BACKGROUND Pediculosis capitis is a problem in children and has worldwide distribution. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of pediculosis degree and its relevant factors in the secondary schools in Hamadan west of Iran. METHODS The study was carried out in two phases. A cross-sectional procedure was used to determine the prevalence of pediculosis, and the case study ...