Skin colonization by superantigen-producing Staphylococcus aureus in Egyptian patients with atopic dermatitis and its relation to disease severity and serum interleukin-4 level

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nada, Hesham A ^a   Gomaa, Nahed I M ^a   Elakhras, Atef ^a   Wasfy, Roshdy ^a   Baker, Rabee Abu ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Staphylococcal colonization; Staphylococcal superantigens; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855303901     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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