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Complicated skin and soft tissue infections in remote indigenous communities

Author(s) -

Thomas Lauren,

Bowen Asha C.,

Tong Steven Y. C.

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

internal medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1445-5994

pISSN - 1444-0903

DOI - 10.1111/imj.14858

Subject(s) - medicine , indigenous , soft tissue , dermatology , intensive care medicine , surgery , ecology , biology

The burden and consequences of skin infections for remote living indigenous people are high. While skin infections are recognised as an antecedent to conditions such as acute rheumatic fever in children, data are limited concerning skin infection complications such as cellulitis, abscesses and osteomyelitis in older children and adults. In a 1‐year retrospective audit of 439 patients presenting to two remote health clinics, 330/439 (75%) patients presented with a skin infection and 18 (4%) developed a complication.

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