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Dermatoses in international travellers seen at Bordeaux teaching hospital travel clinic, 2015-2018: a GeoSentinel-based study.
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Clinical and experimental dermatology [Clin Exp Dermatol] 2020 Jul; Vol. 45 (5), pp. 580-583. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 17. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Skin disorders are frequent in travellers, but data vary between different studies. The objectives of the current study were to describe imported dermatoses in the Bordeaux GeoSentinel prospective database between August 2015 and March 2018. During the study period, 1025 travellers were seen in the clinic, 201 of them with dermatoses. Patients with skin disorders were more likely to be aged > 60 years (OR = 1.88, 95% CI 1.22-2.89), to be tourists (OR 3.04, 95% CI 2.03-4.55) and to have travelled to South America (OR = 2.18, 95% CI 1.29-3.67), and less likely to have sought pretravel advice (OR = 0.53, 95% CI 0.31-0.91). Skin bacterial infections (19.4%) and Zika virus infections (18.4%) were the most common dermatoses. Dengue fever and bacterial skin infections were the leading causes of hospitalization. The contribution of tropical diseases to imported dermatoses remains important. Lack of pretravel advice puts tourists at risk of significant diseases such as dengue fever, Zika virus and bacterial infections.<br /> (© 2020 The Authors. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.)
- Subjects :
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
France epidemiology
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Mycoses epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases epidemiology
Skin Diseases epidemiology
Dengue epidemiology
Skin Diseases, Bacterial epidemiology
Travel
Zika Virus Infection epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1365-2230
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical and experimental dermatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31916616
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.14170