The antibiotics commonly used to treat school sores, a skin infection affecting thousands of Aboriginal kids, are out of stock.
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Almost half of Aboriginal kids living remotely will have a school sore at any one time. But there aren’t enough of the right antibiotics to treat them.
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The usual culprit is the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus , better known as “golden staph”.
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School sores usually clear up within a few weeks, without any scarring. Here’s what to do if you suspect your child has them.