Abstract |
Twenty six male and female patients aged 5 to 17 years who had head lice infestation confirmed by eggs presence and received treatments with a single 200 mu/kg oral dose of ivermectin in open fashion. At day 14 after treatment, 20 responded to the treatment (77%), and 6 patients (23%) presented with a complete disappearance of eggs and all clinical symptoms. At day 28, 7 patients were healed (27%), but 4 patients of the 6 healed at day 14 presented with signs of reinfestation. This study suggests that ivermectin is a promising treatment of head lice, and a second dose at day 10 should be appropriate for a further comparative trial.
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Authors | P Glaziou, L N Nyguyen, J P Moulia-Pelat, J L Cartel, P M Martin |
Journal | Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
(Trop Med Parasitol)
Vol. 45
Issue 3
Pg. 253-4
(Sep 1994)
ISSN: 0177-2392 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 7899799
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Ivermectin
(therapeutic use)
- Lice Infestations
(drug therapy)
- Male
- Pilot Projects
- Scalp Dermatoses
(drug therapy)
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