<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Colonization in Acute and Chronic Skin Lesions of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Abstract

The SA colonization rate was higher in AD patients and especially in acute lesions, and had a tendency to increase with age. As the colonization rates were only higher in the high IgE/eosinophilia groups of chronic skin lesions, we suggested that SA may invade the skin through barrier defects in acute skin lesions, but the colonization in chronic lesions may be orchestrated through many different factors.