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Bug Buster for Head Lice
Is It Effective?
Olivier Chosidow, MD, PhD
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:1635-1637.
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Commentary on: Single blind randomised, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over-the-counter pediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom
Hill N, Moor G, Cameron MM, et al.
BMJ. 2005;331:384-387
Question: In patients with head lice, does intervention with the Bug Buster kit or pediculicide treatment lead to higher rates of cure?
Design: Randomized, outcome-evaluator–masked, active-controlled trial.
Setting: Academic-driven, community-recruited patients from 4 counties in England and 1 county in Scotland after information has been widely distributed to general practitioners (GPs), local pharmacies, primary schools, and parents' meetings.
Patients: Young people aged 2 to 15 years with head lice infestation.
Intervention: Each participating GP was assigned an individual randomization list at the start of the trial. Patients were randomized to (1) home use of the Bug Buster kit (4 sequential applications combed on wet, conditioned hair at 3-day intervals) or (2) a . . . [Full Text of this Article] Comment
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie-Paris 6 and Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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Nigel Hill
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142(12):1651-1653.
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