The epidemiology of pyoderma in Jamaican children.
Preschool and school-aged children from a small area of rural Jamaica were examined in an attempt to assess the epidemiologic factors predisposing certain persons to pyoderma. Twenty-three children were included in the affected group; their disease consisted of secondarily infected insect bites or infestations as well as primary pyoderma. The control group was composed of twenty-three children who had no evidence of infected skin disease. Comparison of the two groups revealed a significant difference in the socioeconomic status of the control and study groups. There was no statistically significant difference in nutritional status, size of family, bathing frequency, or water supply.
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Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007223:Infant; D007563:Jamaica; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012423:Rural Health; D012532:Scabies / Q000150:complications; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors