Pediculosis Pubis: A Surrogate Marker for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Abstract

A review of all the patients diagnosed to have Pediculosis pubis (P pubis) during a 2 year period 1989-1991 was carried out. They constituted the index group and were compared with 140 consecutive patients seen during the month of June 1990, who served as controls. Both groups were comparable with respect to age and use of modern contraception. Coexisting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were found in 37% of the index group. Incidence of STDs was 51% among the controls. In the preceding 3 months, patients in the index group had significantly more sexual partners p < 0.005. These findings emphasize the need to offer full STD screening and health education to sexually active people who present with P pubis.

Arthropods and skin diseases

“…Pubic lice do not transmit disease organisms. The lice are transmitted mainly by sexual contact and coexist with other sexually transmitted diseases 39,40 . The finding of public lice on a child should raise the possibility of child abuse 41…”

“…The lice are transmitted mainly by sexual contact and coexist with other sexually transmitted diseases. 39,40 The finding of public lice on a child should raise the possibility of child abuse. 41 Around the world, effective treatments of all pediculoses include organochlorines (lindane), organophosphates (malathion), carbamates (carbaryl), pyrethrins (pyrethrum), and pyrethroids (permethrin, phenothrin, bioallethrin).…”

Investigation of Morphological Characteristics of Pubic lice (Pthirus pubis, Linnaeus, 1758)

“…The first pair of legs is different from the other two legs, and the structures of the femur, tibia, and tarsus are thinner. Due to their oval-shaped morphology and large pincer-shaped leg structure of pubic lice, these lice are also called "crab louse" (Khan, 2018;Opaneye et al,1993;Saddozai and Kakarsulemankhel, 2008).…”

“…Lice can open and close their stigma voluntarily. Respiration function is fulfilled by this tracheal system as a result of muscle contractions and expansion of the body wall (Opaneye et al, 1993;Roberts, and Janovy, 2009).…”

Infection à virus Toscana : principales données épidémiologiques, arbovirose autochtone du pourtour méditerranéen

“…Physicians finding pubic lice should consider the possible presence of other STDs, as there is a high degree of correlation between the presence of P. pubis and other venereal infections. Opaneye et al (1993) found that 37% of the patients at a clinic in Coventry, England testing positive for P. pubis had another STD as well.…”