Phthirus pubis as a cause of axillary pruritus

So, Jessica Kim; Carlos, Casey A.

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2014.07.001

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“…Phthirus pubis as a causative agent for various conditions, viz. axillary pruritus in a 62 year-old HIV infected man from United States, blepharitis in a 42-year-old woman from Turkey and Phthiriasis palpebrarum in a 63-year-old woman from China has been reported by So and Carlos (2014), Sundu et al (2015) and Wu et al 2017, respectively. Although P. pubis prefers the pubic area it is also recorded from armpits, eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard (Couch et al 1982).…”

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Pubic lice infestation in man from Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

2018

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Worldwide, 2-10% of human population is infested with pubic lice which are mostly found in the hair of pubic area, occasionally under the armpits, in the beard or mustache and on the eyebrows and eyelashes. They are usually transmitted through sexual contact or through toilet seats and bedding material. A twenty-year-old boy suffering from severe itching in the genital region during night hours submitted the lice for their identification in Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mhow. These lice were identified as

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Pubic lice infestation in man from Mhow, Madhya Pradesh

2018

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“…7 Pubic louse mostly parasitizes the pubis, armpit hair, eyelashes, and so on, but it is extremely rare to parasitize the scalp. 2,8 Children can infect with pubic louse easily, but infant seldom gets infected. Chil-F I G U R E 5 Illustration of head louse and pubic louse.…”

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