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Major grant empowers community voices to drive reduction in skin infections

Aboriginal community members throughout the Kimberley will take a lead role in driving healthy skin messages within their own communities thanks to a major funding boost to The Kids Research Institute Australia’s SToP Trial.

Protocol for the systematic review of the prevention, treatment and public health management of impetigo, scabies and fungal skin infections in resource-limited settings

The evidence derived from the review will be used to inform the development of guidelines for the management of skin infections in resource-limited settings

The Importance of Scabies Co-Infection in the Treatment Considerations for Impetigo

Treatment success for scabies co-infection was lower than for impetigo overall, with a higher success seen in the co-trimoxazole group than benzylpenicillin

A Retrospective case-series of children with bone and joint infection from northern Australia

We report osteomyelitis incidence in indigenous children of northern Australia is amongst the highest reported in the world

Comparison of three methods for the recovery of skin pathogens from impetigo swabs collected in a remote community of Northern Territory, Australia

Immediate plating of impetigo swabs is the gold standard for bacterial recovery but is rarely feasible in remote regions.

CASSETTE: Clindamycin Adjunctive therapy for Severe Staphylococcus aurEus Treatment Evaluation, a multi-centre, pilot randomised controlled trial

Asha Tom Bowen Snelling BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Head, Infectious

Development of methods to rapidly track pathogen and antibiotic resistance profiles from skin sores in Northern Australia (Hot North)

Indigenous Australian children suffer the highest rates of impetigo (skin sores) in the world, which can result in serious immune complications including chronic kidney and possibly rheumatic heart disease.

Honey as a potential topical treatment for skin infections: a literature review

The role of honey for the treatment of skin infections and wound healing has primarily come from personal stories of its effectiveness however these personalised studies have not been researched in the Kimberley region.

Immuno-nephelometric determination of group streptococcal anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spots: Method for validating a new assay

This study was designed to determine the sensitivity and reproducibility of recovering anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spot (DBS) samples.

National Antimicrobial Surveillance Academy for Indigenous Health Care Providers

Asha Bowen BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD FAHMS OAM Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Areas of expertise: Skin