Objective: To compare the efficacy of three rate we followed these patients up to two and four
different treatments for pediculosis capitis. weeks after completing their treatment. Absence
Methodology: This prospective study was of adults' lice and nits was considered a cure.
carried out at Jordanian Military Field Hospital, Result: The group which received 1% permethrin
Gaza from August 2012 to October 2012. A total of cream showed the highest cure rate, while those
60 patients were included in the study. Pediculosis w h o r e c e i v e d o r a l T r i m e t h o p r i m -
capitis was diagnosed by direct examination of sulfamethoxazole showed the lowest cure rate.
scalp and hair and was confirmed by direct light Conclusion: 1 % permethrin cream rinse was the
microscopic examination. Patients were divided best treatment to head lice and oral TM-SMX
into three equal groups: The first group received therapy did not give desirable results. (Rawal Med
1% permethrin cream, the second group received J 2013;38: 131-133).
Basel Alrawashdeh, Taghreed J. Almaaita. (2013) Comparison between 1%permethrin, Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and Crotamiton in the treatment of Pediculosis capitis, , Volume-38, Issue-2.
