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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
== Risk Factors == | Common risk factors in the development of boils include [[immunosupression]], [[malnutrition]], coexisting [[skin]] conditions, and poor [[hygiene]]. | ||
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*[[Immunosupression]]<ref name="pmid13032475">{{cite journal| author=ANNING ST| title=Recurrent boils. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1953 | volume= 1 | issue= 4812 | pages= 721-3 | pmid=13032475 | doi= | pmc=2015621 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13032475 }} </ref> | |||
:*[[HIV]] | |||
:*[[Diabetes]] | :*[[Diabetes]] | ||
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:*[[Corticosteroid]] therapy | |||
:*[[Immunodeficiency]] | |||
*[[Obesity]] | |||
*Sports | |||
:*Athletes participating in contact sports and using shared equipment | |||
*[[Malnutrition]] | |||
*Coexisting skin conditions | |||
:*[[Eczema]], [[scabies]] and other pruritic conditions<ref name="pmid13839797">{{cite journal| author=TULLOCH LG, ALDER VG, GILLESPIE WA| title=Treatment of chronic furunculosis. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1960 | volume= 2 | issue= 5195 | pages= 354-6 | pmid=13839797 | doi= | pmc=2097510 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13839797 }} </ref> | |||
*[[Staphylococcal]] carriers<ref name="pmid9227864">{{cite journal| author=Kluytmans J, van Belkum A, Verbrugh H| title=Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, and associated risks. | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 1997 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 505-20 | pmid=9227864 | doi= | pmc=172932 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9227864 }} </ref> | |||
:*Most common site: [[anterior nares]]<ref name="pmid17638197">{{cite journal| author=Mertz D, Frei R, Jaussi B, Tietz A, Stebler C, Flückiger U et al.| title=Throat swabs are necessary to reliably detect carriers of Staphylococcus aureus. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2007 | volume= 45 | issue= 4 | pages= 475-7 | pmid=17638197 | doi=10.1086/520016 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17638197 }} </ref><ref name="pmid13209110">{{cite journal| author=ROODYN L| title=Staphylococcal infections in general practice. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1954 | volume= 2 | issue= 4900 | pages= 1322-5 | pmid=13209110 | doi= | pmc=2080205 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13209110 }} </ref><ref name="pmid13839797">{{cite journal| author=TULLOCH LG, ALDER VG, GILLESPIE WA| title=Treatment of chronic furunculosis. | journal=Br Med J | year= 1960 | volume= 2 | issue= 5195 | pages= 354-6 | pmid=13839797 | doi= | pmc=2097510 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13839797 }} </ref> | |||
*Poor [[hygiene]] | |||
*People living in close contact | |||
:*Low socioeconomic status | |||
:*living in military barracks, homeless shelters, or prison | |||
*Recent travel | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of boils include immunosupression, malnutrition, coexisting skin conditions, and poor hygiene.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of boils include:
- Obesity
- Sports
- Athletes participating in contact sports and using shared equipment
- Malnutrition
- Coexisting skin conditions
- Staphylococcal carriers[3]
- Most common site: anterior nares[4][5][2]
- Poor hygiene
- People living in close contact
- Low socioeconomic status
- living in military barracks, homeless shelters, or prison
- Recent travel
References
- ↑ ANNING ST (1953). "Recurrent boils". Br Med J. 1 (4812): 721–3. PMC 2015621. PMID 13032475.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 TULLOCH LG, ALDER VG, GILLESPIE WA (1960). "Treatment of chronic furunculosis". Br Med J. 2 (5195): 354–6. PMC 2097510. PMID 13839797.
- ↑ Kluytmans J, van Belkum A, Verbrugh H (1997). "Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, and associated risks". Clin Microbiol Rev. 10 (3): 505–20. PMC 172932. PMID 9227864.
- ↑ Mertz D, Frei R, Jaussi B, Tietz A, Stebler C, Flückiger U; et al. (2007). "Throat swabs are necessary to reliably detect carriers of Staphylococcus aureus". Clin Infect Dis. 45 (4): 475–7. doi:10.1086/520016. PMID 17638197.
- ↑ ROODYN L (1954). "Staphylococcal infections in general practice". Br Med J. 2 (4900): 1322–5. PMC 2080205. PMID 13209110.