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890603

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Two surveys were conducted to ascertain the effect which Staphylococcus aureus has on resident flora and on skin of patients with eczema. Forty paired sites, normal and lesions, were sampled from 32 patients with chronic lichenified atopic dermatitis, and 162 sites covering the entire body of a patient with an acute flare of chronic atopic dermatitis were examined. In the first study, 34 lesions (85%) carried S. aureus, and 85% of these positive samples supported greater than 10(4) colony-forming units (CFU) of total aerobic bacteria/cm2. About 55% of normal sites carried S. aureus with 18% of such samples supporting greater than 10(4) CFU/cm2 total aerobic bacteria. Normal sites carried fewer but more diverse flora than lesions. The composition of flora on lesion sites was mainly S. aureus or S. epidermidis biotype 1, or both. At densities greater than 10(7) CFU/cm2, S. aureus constituted almost 100% of the total aerobic bacterial flora. The total body survey of the single eczema patient yielded similar results. Evidence supports the hypotheses that (1) S. aureus is able to exploit the environment of eczematous lesions and to influence the composition of cohabiting aerobic skin bacteria, and (2) its inhabitation of normal appearing sites is transitory.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-4166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1062-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Staphylococcus aureus and the microbial ecology of atopic dermatitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article