Incidence rates of atopic dermatitis and bacterial skin infections higher among urban-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A significant burden of atopic dermatitis and bacterial skin infections exists in urban-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries, according to a review published online Nov. 9 in Pediatric Dermatology<\/em>.<\/p>\n Bernadette M. Ricciardo, M.B.B.S., from the University of Western Australia in Crawley, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to assess the burden of atopic dermatitis and bacterial skin infections in urban-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries.<\/p>\n The researchers included 16 studies, including seven papers documenting eight studies on atopic dermatitis and nine papers on bacterial skin infections. Compared with non-Indigenous peers, current and severe symptoms of atopic dermatitis were more common in urban-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries, with children having a higher prevalence than adolescents. There was a higher incidence of all measures of bacterial skin infection among urban-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries versus non-Indigenous peers. For all measures, Indigenous populations were over-represented compared with their proportion of the background population. <\/p>\n “We echo the call to action for more studies to better understand the impact of atopic dermatitis and bacterial skin infection in urban-living Indigenous children and young people noting specifically the poor representation of North American Indigenous children and young people in the published literature,” the authors write.<\/p>\n