title: Control of head lice with a coconut-derived emulsion shampoo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a novel coconut-derived emulsion (CDE) shampoo against head lice infestation in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A school trial in which pupils were treated on days 0 and 7 and checked on days 8 and 15 and a family trial where product was applied by parents three times in 2 weeks or used as a cosmetic shampoo and checked on days 14 and days 70.
  
  
  METHODS
  UK schools in Bristol and Western-super-Mare and families in Northern Somerset.
  
  
  METHODS
  Numbers of children free from infestation after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the school trial, percentage cures at day 8 were 14% (permethrin, n=7) and 61% (CDE, n=37). In the family trial where all family members were treated, cure rate was 96% (n=28), and if the shampoo was subsequently used as a cosmetic shampoo, only 1 of 12 children became re-infested after 10 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CDE shampoo is a novel effective method of controlling head lice and used after treatment as a cosmetic shampoo can aid in the reduction of re-infestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Bristol Dermatology Centre, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: C T C
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: A M R
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Downs
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003059:Cocos; D004655:Emulsions; D006203:Hair Preparations; D006801:Humans; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000628:therapy*; D026023:Permethrin; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D006203:Hair Preparations; D026023:Permethrin