Staphylococcus species on the skin surface of infant atopic dermatitis patients.
The Staphylococcus species present in microbiological samples from the facial skin of 10 infants with atopic dermatitis and eight healthy infants were studied. S. aureus colonization was detected on the cheek and nose skin of most of the infants with atopic dermatitis (9/10 and 7/10, respectively). Among the coagulase-negative staphylococci found, S. epidermidis was detected commonly on the skin of healthy infants; several other species of coagulase-negative staphylococci were found on the skin of infants with atopic dermatitis and of healthy infants.
Higaki
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Department of Dermatology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Morimatsu
S
S
Morohashi
M
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Yamagishi
T
T
Hasegawa
Y
Y
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*