Deodorants and antiperspirants affect the axillary bacterial community

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 701-710

  Callewaert, Chris ^a   Hutapea, Prawira ^a   Van de Wiele, Tom ^a   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Cosmetics; Human microbiome; Skin; Underarm

Indexed keywords

ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT; DEODORANT AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHILD; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN ODOR; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED; ANTIPERSPIRANTS; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DEODORANTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84919470108     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-014-1487-1     Document Type: Article

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