High burden and seasonal variation of paediatric scabies and pyoderma prevalence in The Gambia: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scabies is a WHO neglected tropical disease common in children in low- and middle-income countries. Excoriation of scabies lesions can lead to secondary pyoderma infection, most commonly by Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS), with the latter linked to acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) and potentially rheumatic heart disease (RHD). There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of these skin infections and their bacterial aetiology from Africa.

Methodology/principal findings

A cross-sectional study, conducted over a four-month period that included the dry and rainy season, was conducted to determine the prevalence of common skin infections in Sukuta, a peri-urban settlement in western Gambia, in children <5

SUBMITTER: Armitage EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812840 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature