title: Some clinical features of pediculosis among school children.
abstract: Pediculosis is one of the most conspicuous and important type of contagious disease among school children. Lice infestation is always accompanied with different clinical manifestations. Thirty lousy school children were clinically examined. The common manifestation was pruritus with or without lymphadenopathy. The least common manifestation was erythema. Other manifestations as excoriation, bite reaction, impetigo contagiosa, crusts behind ears. Conjunctivitis and psoriasis were also seen. It was concluded that school children are the group at high risk for lice infestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Morsy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sarwat
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Fawzi
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Arafa
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lashen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007169:Impetigo / Q000209:etiology; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000150:complications*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000150:complications*