Table 5.

Topical therapy agents used in treatment failure and treatment success groups.

	Treatment failure N = 142 N (%)	Treatment success N = 28 N (%)	P
Topical therapy agent
Permethrin 5% lotion	101(71.1)	7(25)	<0.001
Permethrin 5% cream	9(6.3)	0(0.0)	0.358
Wilkinson ointment (sulfur 12.5%., tar 12.5%))	26(18.3)	5(17.9)	0.955
Sulfur in vaseline	24(16.9)	17(60.7)	<0.001
Other (benzyl benzoate, balsam of Peru)	4(2.8)	1(3.6)	1.000