Efficacy of sodium hypochlorite (bleach) baths to reduce Staphylococcus aureus colonization in childhood onset moderate-to-severe eczema: A randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over trial

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 156-162

  Hon, K L ^a   Tsang, Y C K ^b   Lee, V W Y ^b   Pong, N H ^a   Ha, Gladys ^a   Lee, S T ^a   Chow, C M ^a   Leung, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atopic eczema; bleach bath; quality of life; randomized cross over trial; S. aureus; SCORAD; Staphylococcal enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; DRY SKIN; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OOZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; SKIN DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STINGING; THERAPY EFFECT; URTICARIA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BATHS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956701183     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2015.1067669     Document Type: Article

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