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INTRODUCTION
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Crab louse are commonly found on the coarse hairs of the body especially pubic
hair, axillary hair and other regions like beard, moustache and even on
eyelashes. The adult insects are about 2 mm long and exclusively feed on human
blood. The insects reproduce by laying eggs. The female lies about 3-4 eggs in
a day which hatches in about a week to enter nymph stage. This takes about 10
to 17 days to become an adult. This infection is usually spread through direct
contact, particularly sexual contact. Fomites including clothes and bedding
infested with the parasite can also spread the infection [3-5].
CASE
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Ko CJ, Elston DM (2004)
Pediculosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 50: 1-12.
2.
Criado PR (2011)
Entodermoscopy: Dermoscopy for the diagnosis of pediculosis. An Bras Dermatol
86: 370-371.
3.
Beytur A, Geçit I, Karaman U,
Şener S, Yakupoğulları Y, et al. (2011) The presence of the pubic louse pthirus
pubis in two patients complaining from tick infestation. Eur J Gen Med 8:
160-162.
4.
Manjunatha NP, Jayamanne GR,
Desai SP, Moss TR, Lalik J, et al. (2006) Pediculosis pubis: Presentation to
ophthalmologist as pthriasis palpebrarum associated with corneal epithelial
keratitis. Int J STD AIDS 17: 424-424.
5. Prasanth K, Ramachandran K, Dhanavelu P, Arumugam G (2015) A rare
case of submandibular lymphadenopathy due to pediculosis pubis infestation of
facial hair. Ann Trop Med Public Health 8: 128-131.
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