Belcher D W, Afoakwa S N, Osei-Tutu E, Wurapa F K, Osei L
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1977;71(3):204-9. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(77)90007-4.
The prevalence and characteristics of pyoderma in a randomly sampled rural population in Ghana has been studied. Findings are compared with studies reported in recent literature which describe pyoderma in other countries. In the present study, conducted in 1975 as part of the Danfa Project's Village Health Survey, pyoderma was diagnosed in 19.4% of villagers examined. Peak rates occurred in the five to nine-year-old age group, and pyoderma was more prevalent among males and unskilled labourers and farmers than among those engaged in more sedentary occupations. Non-bullous impetigo was most common (72% of lesions) and, in contrast to other studies, non-group A-streptococci predominated in these lesions (82% of streptococcal lesions were Group G, 18% Group C). Current knowledge of transmission and control of pyoderma is discussed.
对加纳一个随机抽样的农村人口中脓疱病的患病率及特征进行了研究。研究结果与近期文献中报道的其他国家脓疱病的研究进行了比较。在1975年作为丹法项目村庄健康调查的一部分进行的本研究中，接受检查的村民中有19.4%被诊断患有脓疱病。发病率高峰出现在5至9岁年龄组，脓疱病在男性、非技术工人和农民中比从事久坐职业的人更为普遍。非大疱性脓疱病最为常见（占皮损的72%），与其他研究不同的是，这些皮损中以非A组链球菌为主（82%的链球菌皮损为G组，18%为C组）。文中讨论了目前关于脓疱病传播和控制的知识。
