Scabies

• The efficacy of mass drug administration strategies to control scabies in a highly endemic population – NHMRC ongoing research project in the pacific .
• Scabies: an ancient global disease with a need for new therapies : recent BMC review – excellent overview.

Yaws, Mycetoma , Leprosy, Buruli ulcer, Filariasis, Skin sores caused by Haemophilus ducreyi

• Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases 2017 – excellent overview – important reading
• Haemophilus ducreyi Associated with Skin Ulcers among Children, Solomon Islands Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014

• Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Are Nearly Identical to Class I Genital Ulcer Strains- recent interesting report of relevance.

Gram negative skin infections

• Excellent tropical Microbiology presentation from Prof. Baird (NT) –   Australian-tropical-skin-bacteriology-rbaird – Vibrio, Aeromonas etc
• Mellioid and skin disease  – important overview