A School-Age Child Is Brought to Clinic After a Pediculosis

A school-age child is brought to clinic after a pediculosis capitis infestation is reported at the child's school. If this child is positive, what will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner expect to find on physical examination, along with live lice near the scalp?

A) Excoriated macules along the child's collar and underwear lines
B) Inflammation and pustules on the face and neck
C) Itching of the scalp, with skin excoriation on the back of the head
D) Linear or S-shaped lesions in webs of fingers and sides of hands