Title of article :
BACTERIAL SKIN COLONIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS/ECZEMA SYNDROME
Author/Authors :
AL-SAIMARY, IHSAN E. University of Basrah - College of Medicine - Department of Microbiology, Iraq , BAKR, SUNDIS S. University of Basrah - College of Medicine - Department of Microbiology, Iraq , AL-HAMDI, KHALIL E. University of Basrah - College of Medicine - Department of Medicine, Iraq
Abstract :
From a total of 286 cases of Atopic Dermatitis (AD) patients, 94.4% and 86.36% yielded positive cultures of eczematous lesions and healthy area of AD skin. Twenty various bacterial types and a total of 959 and 744 isolates were identified from each of above areas respectively. Staph. aureus was the predominant bacterial agent isolated from 60.48% of eczematous lesions, while Staph. epidermidis was predominantly from 57.34% of healthy areas of AD patients (P 0.001). The bacterial numbers ranged from (0.02-92.0)x10^5cell/cm^2 in eczematous lesions and (0.11-23.0)x 10^3cell/cm^2 in healthy areas of atopic skin (P 0.001).
Keywords :
Atopic dermatitis (AD) , bacteria , patient skin.
Journal title :
Medical Journal of Islamic World Academy of Sciences
Journal title :
Medical Journal of Islamic World Academy of Sciences
