title: Recurrent anaerobic skin abscesses.
abstract: 20 adult patients (17 women) presented axillary, gluteal, external genital, breast and groin abscesses. Anaerobic bacteria were isolated in 10 cases; Peptococcus magnus in 8. staphylococcus aureus was the sole organism in 2 cases, skin flora (Staphylococcus epidermidis) in 6. No bacteria were isolated from 2 patients. The Staph. aureus were mainly phage group III strains or nontypable. It is apparent that these kinds of skin infections comprise a special group with regard to epidemiology and etiology.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010460:Peptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012008:Recurrence; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification