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Carriage of Corynebacterium acnes in school children in relation to age and race
Author(s) -
MATTA MUNA
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb12944.x
Subject(s) - carriage , race (biology) , negroid , corynebacterium , medicine , demography , biology , epidemiology , pathology , bacteria , genetics , botany , sociology
SUMMARY The prevalence of Corynebacterium acnes on the foreheads of male and female children of caucasoid and negroid origin has been investigated using a semi‐quantitative technique. Few organisms were recovered from children of less than 12 years of age. The increase in count occurred earliest in Negroid girls and latest in caucasoid boys. This may be related to the age of puberty.