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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 , cellulitis , indigenous , skin infection , osteomyelitis , complication , audit , cellulite , soft tissue , bacteremia , surgery , dermatology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , ecology , genetics , management , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , 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.