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. 2007 Jul 18;2007(3):CD000320. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000320.pub2

Singalavanija 2003.

Methods Design: randomized controlled trial
Generation of allocation sequence: random‐number table
Allocation concealment: unclear
Blinding: unclear
Inclusion of randomized participants in the analysis: 68% (32/100 participants lost to follow up)
Participants Number: 100 enrolled (aged 6 months to 13 years; 60 males, 40 females)
Inclusion criteria: clinically diagnosed and microbiologically confirmed scabies
Exclusion criteria: resident in an orphanage; serious central nervous system illness; malnutrition; immunodeficiency
Interventions 1. 10% sulfur ointment (50 participants) 
 2. 0.3% lindane gel (50 participants)
Both medications applied neck to toe by parents for 7 consecutive nights
Outcomes 1. Number of participants clinically cured (no new lesions and healing of all old lesions) at 4 weeks
 2. Number of participants with decrease or absence of itching at 4 weeks
 3. Adverse events
Not included in this review:
 4. Number of participants clinically cured at 2 weeks (defined as no new lesions and healing of all old lesions)
 5. Number of participants with decrease or absence of itching at 2 weeks
 6. Number of participants with absence of parasites on skin scraping at 2 and 4 weeks
Notes Location: Thailand
Date: December 1999 to May 2000
Contacts treated with either 25% benzyl benzoate (adults) or 10% sulfur (children)