title: [Staphylococci in skin microbiocenosis of the breasts in nursing women].
abstract: The levels of the bacterial contamination of the nipple, the areola and the surrounding skin, the occurrence and species composition of staphylococci in 120 nursing women on days 4-5 after parturition have been studied. S. aureus contaminate the surface of the nipple and the areola in 75% of the examined women, and in 57.5% of these women the massive contamination of the above-mentioned areas (greater than or equal to 10(3) colony-forming units per sq. cm) is observed. In 80% of puerperae the occurrence of S. epidermidis on the nipple, the areola and the surrounding skin has proved to be practically the same. The population of S. aureus colonizing the mammary glands consists mainly of hospital strains; of these, 75.97% belong to phage type 75.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Sytnik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001940:Breast / Q000382:microbiology*; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D009558:Nipples / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Stafilokokki v kozhnom mikrobiotsenoze molochnykh zhelez kormiashchikh zhenshchin.