J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1979 Sep;20(3):385-389.
Two Cases of Blepharoconjunctivitis Caused by Pubic Lice in a Family
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Opthalmology, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Authors experienced two unusual cases of marginal blepharoconjunctivitis caused by infestion of pubic lice (Phthirus pubis) which were confirmed by slit lamp and light microscopic examination. The patients were forty-three year old Korean female who was infected from her husband and her six year old daughter who had used a same room with her father and mother. We could find pubic lice and ova on the cilia, pubic and axillar regions of female mother patient and cilia, eyeblow and head of her daughter and we could also find the pubic lice and ova on the pubic region of her husband. The prompt improvement of marginal blepharoconjunctivitis of both eyes of them were achieved by cutting of cilia and the use of topical antibiotics.
