| skin infections and infestations in aboriginal communities in northern australia. | the most important skin infections in aboriginal communities in central and northern australia are scabies and streptococcal pyoderma. scabies is endemic in many remote aboriginal communities, with prevalences in children up to 50%. the cycles of scabies transmission underlie much of the pyoderma. up to 70% of children have skin sores, with group a streptococcus (gas) the major pathogen. group a streptococcus is responsible for the continuing outbreaks of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis an ... | 2000 | 10954983 |
| relative frequency, characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of vibrio spp., aeromonas spp., chromobacterium violaceum, and shewanella spp. in the northern territory of australia, 2000-2013. | vibrio, aeromonas, chromobacterium violaceum, and shewanella (vacs) are water-associated gram-negative organisms that can cause a variety of infections. the frequency, patient characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibilities for 468 isolates from 442 patients from the northern territory were reviewed. aeromonas spp. (312 of 468; 67%) were most commonly isolated followed by vibrio spp. (71 of 468; 15%), shewanella spp. (61 of 468; 13%), and c. violaceum (24 of 468; 5%). a strong male predomina ... | 2015 | 25548380 |
| the spectrum of chromobacterium violaceum infections from a single geographic location. | chromobacterium violaceum is a bacterium associated with soil and water exposure in tropical regions and causes rare and serious clinical infections that are often fatal. we reviewed the demographic and clinical details of 28 patients with c. violaceum detected over 15 years from 2000 to 2015, from the top end of the northern territory. of these patients, 18 had infections attributable toc. violaceum patients with infections were more commonly male (55.6%), and in the 16- to 60-year (61.1%) age ... | 2016 | 26903614 |
| chromobacterium violaceum in tropical northern australia. | chromobacterium violaceum is an unusual cause of infection which may have fatality rates of over 60% when systemic illness occurs. we describe four patients infected with this organism who were successfully treated at royal darwin hospital between 1991 and 1996. in tropical australia, c. violaceum infection should be considered along with melioidosis in patients who present with a septic illness with skin lesions and/or organ abscesses after exposure to soil in the wet season. | 1998 | 9577444 |