title: [Management of lice infestations, recommendations for 2012].
abstract: Pediculosis is the most frequent and contagious ectoparasitic infestation in human, particularly in children from 3 to 8 years of age. Epidemics are observed from time to time, in schools or in adults in prisons. Even though benign, these infections remain unpleasant and can have an important psyco-social impact. Since a few years, caregivers have to face increasing problems while treating lice: appearance of insecticide resistances, lindane's withdrawal from the market and the marketing of new products which are not always well evaluated. This article offers first recalls about pediculoses and then a sum up of the different available treatments with an evidence based management strategy.
authors.affiliation: UniGE, Genève.
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.forename: Laurence Toutous
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Trellu
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eicher
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laffitte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007306:Insecticides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D008294:Malathion / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009821:Oils; D026023:Permethrin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009821:Oils; D026023:Permethrin; D008294:Malathion