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A Manifestation of Staphylococcal Disease

ROBERT E. LYONS, M.D.; LT. COL. ROBERT LEVINE; LT. COL. DAVID AULD

Arch Dermatol. 1962;86(3):282-286.

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Miliaria rubra affects large numbers of young adult males soon after they arrive in Texas, where the temperature and humidity are high during the summer. During 1959 a study was conducted for the purpose of: (1) measuring the incidence of miliaria in a controlled population, (2) studying the role of the staphylococcus in the production of the disease, and (3) accumulating further information on antibiotic therapy.

Methods and Materials

Population.—

The clinical material consisted of airmen from various regions of the United States who came to Lackland Air Force Base to obtain their basic training. They lived, worked, and played under standard conditions. Their average age was 18 years. The majority had arrived in Texas recently; they had been at the base no less than 9 nor more than 30 days, the average stay having been 15 days. During the months of June, July, and August, 1959, a flight of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS; USAF (MC); USAF (MC)

Former Chief of Dermatology, USAF Hospital Lackland, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), Lackland Air Force Base, Tex. (Lt. Col. Levine).

Chairman, Department of Pathology, USAF Hospital Lackland, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), Lackland Air Force Base, Tex. (Lt. Col. Auld).

Footnotes
This paper was presented to the Texas Dermatologic Society, Austin, Texas, June 14, 1962.

This study was aided by the Bristol Laboratories, Syracuse, N.Y., who supplied kanamycin, and the Texas Pharmacal Co., San Antonio, Tex., who developed the lotion and compounded the medicaments used in treatment.

This paper represents the personal viewpoint of the authors and is not to be construed as a statement of official Air Force policy.

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