A high incidence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the external eyes of patients with atopic dermatitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2167-2171

  Nakata, Kou ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^a   Harada, Jun ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^b   Harino, Seiyo ^c   Sawa, Miki ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEISSERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033646762     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00406-1     Document Type: Article

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