Medical Science · Medicine
An 8-year-old school-going child presents with intense itching that worsens at night and multiple pruritic papular rashes with burrow marks over the wrists and interdigital spaces. Several family members have similar complaints. Which of the following is the standard first-line drug of choice for this condition?
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- 1Oral acyclovir
- 2Topical clotrimazole
- 3Permethrin 5% cream/ointment✓
- 4Lindane ointment
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Permethrin 5% cream/ointment
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