Creams Used by Hand Eczema Patients are often Contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus
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Creams used by hand eczema patients are often contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.
Skin lesions, such as atopic dermatitis and eczema, are often colonized with high densities of microorganisms, especially Staphylococcus aureus (1–3). Severity and persistence of both atopic and hand eczema has been associated with S. aureus colonization (2, 4). Besides colonizing eczema S. aureus is also one of the most frequently found contaminants in cosmetic products (5–7), and cosmetics co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1308