STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND ATOPIC DERMATITIS: WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a highly pruritic, chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects up to 25% of children and 10% of adults. Approximately 90% of patients with AD are colonised by Staphylococcus aureus , compared with only 5-30% of non-atopic individuals. Th2 cytokines have a permissive effe...
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European Medical Journal,
2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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