title: Increased susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus colonization of the skin of the NOA mouse: a potentially useful animal model for evaluating antiseptic effects.
abstract: Isolation of bacteria from wet skin lesions was attempted using Naruto Research Institute Otsuka Atrichia (NOA) mice, which develop such lesions spontaneously at a high rate. As a result, Staphylococcus aureus was demonstrated to have colonized the wet skin lesions at high density. In addition, the isolated S. aureus was found to be similar to the strain of S. aureus thought to colonize the eczematous lesions seen in humans with atopic dermatitis. Furthermore, a survey of the S. aureus colonization status of NOA mice with no wet skin lesions confirmed colonization at higher density than in HR-1 mice as control, indicating that the skin of the NOA mouse has the novel characteristic of increased susceptibility to S. aureus colonization. Thus, by using changes in S. aureus counts as an index, the NOA mouse can be expected to serve as a useful animal model for evaluating the effects of topical antiseptics. The antiseptic effects of an ointment and a lotion containing chlorhexidine gluconate were confirmed using this animal model.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, Drug Safety and Metabolism, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Ryotaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satode
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiomoto
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004643:Emollients; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009824:Ointments; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D004643:Emollients; D009824:Ointments; C010882:chlorhexidine gluconate; D002710:Chlorhexidine