A 6-year-old boy presents with a rash of 2-weeks duration on…
A 6-year-old boy presents with a rash of 2-weeks duration on his hands, arms, trunk, and genitalia. The rash is intensely pruritic, especially at night. Two older siblings have a similar rash. The child is afebrile. Examination was normal except for assorted papules, vesicles, and pustules, some in linear array (especially at the web spaces of the fingers) and some with excoriations at the web spaces of the fingers, palms, soles, flexion creases of the elbows, trunk, and genitalia. Optimal treatment consists of antiprutitics and what else?
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