Staphylococcus aureus overinfection in atopic dermatitis

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Ricci, Giampaolo ^a   Dondi, Arianna ^a   Patrizi, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Childhood eczema; S. aureus; Superallergens; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CEFALEXIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FUSIDIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; TACROLIMUS; TAR; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRICLOCARBAN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 45449116163     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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