title: Bacteria and soluble oil dermatitis.
abstract: Simultaneous investigation of the bacterial flora of a soluble oil in use as a metalworking fluid and of the skin of machine operatives exposed to that soluble oil did not support the hypothesis that bacteria in soluble oil emulsions colonise the skin and either initiate or maintain the dermatitis associated with soluble oil exposure.
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008669:Metallurgy; D009821:Oils / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011511:Proteus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D009821:Oils