Complicated skin and soft tissue infections in remote Indigenous communities

Lauren Thomas; Asha C. Bowen; Steven Y.C. Tong

doi:10.1111/imj.14858

Complicated skin and soft tissue infections in remote Indigenous communities

Lauren Thomas, Asha C. Bowen, Steven Y.C. Tong

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	752-754
Number of pages	3
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14858
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

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