Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Northern Territory, Australia.
Infectious Diseases Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2019 Mar;49(3):396-399. doi: 10.1111/imj.14222.
The burden of skin infections across all age groups in remote Australian Indigenous communities is currently unknown. In a retrospective audit of 439 residents from two remote communities presenting to health clinics, skin conditions were the most common reason for presentation (1603/7392, 22%) and 330/439 (75%) residents presented at least once with a skin infection. Skin infections are an under-appreciated and dominant reason for presentation to primary healthcare centres in these indigenous communities and public health campaigns to address this should incorporate all age groups.
目前，尚不清楚所有年龄段的偏远地区澳大利亚原住民社区的皮肤感染负担。对两个偏远社区的 439 名居民进行的回顾性审计显示，皮肤状况是就诊的最常见原因（1603/7392，22%），439 名居民中有 330 名（75%）至少出现过一次皮肤感染。皮肤感染是这些原住民社区向初级保健中心就诊的一个被低估但主要原因，针对这一问题的公共卫生宣传应涵盖所有年龄段。
