Boil historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Staphylococcus aureus was discovered in late 1870’s by Alexander Ogston, a surgeon at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. It was discovered to be the major cause of skin and soft tissue infections such as boils, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome and impetigo.[1] [2] Carl Alois Philipp Garrè was a Swiss surgeon who proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils by self experimentation. Dr. Garre discovered and named Garre’s sclerosing osteomyelitis (sclerosing osteitis – form of chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis).[3]
Historical Perspective
- Staphylococcus aureus was discovered in late 1870’s by Alexander Ogston, a surgeon at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. It was the major cause of skin and soft tissue infections such as boils, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, and impetigo.[1] [2]
- Carl Alois Philipp Garre was a Swiss surgeon who proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils by self-experimentation. Dr. Garre discovered and named Garre’s sclerosing osteomyelitis (sclerosing osteitis – form of chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. National institute of allergy and infectious diseases(2016) https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/antimicrobialresistance/examples/mrsa/Pages/history.aspx Accessed on August 12,2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boil. London review of books. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n24/hugh-pennington/dont-pick-your-nose accessed on August 12,2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wikipedia. CarlGarre(boil). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Garr%C3%A9 Accessed on August 12,2016
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