Pyriderm shampoo in the treatment of Pediculosis capitis
Open Access
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 61 (1) , 91-92
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555619192
Abstract
112 patients with head lice were treated with a shampoo containing pyrethrins. All were treated twice with an interval of one week. At examination immediately before the second treatment, 6 patients had small, newly hatched lice, and one patient had both small and mature lice--probably due to reinfestation. This patient was lice-free after the third treatment, the other patients after the second treatment. It is concluded that pyrethrins are highly effective against head lice and have the advantages of a low toxicity to mammals and a short contact time.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- THE STABILIZATION OF PYRETHRINS BY PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE IN WATER, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR USE AS MOSQUITO LARVICIDESAnnals of Applied Biology, 1958