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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
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of boil(furuncle) include:
Common risk factors
- Athletes participating in contact sports and using shared equipment
- Coexisting skin conditions
- Staphylococcal carriers[1]
- Most common site: anterior nares[2]
- Malnutrition
- People living in close contact
- Low socioeconomic status, military barracks, homeless shelters, prison
- Recent travel
- Poor hygiene
References
- ↑ 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.