Abstract

 

An epidemiologic investigation on Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonization in atopic skin diseases was conducted at İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center. The incidence of unaffected skin, lesional skin, and nasal positivity for S. aureus was examined in a total of 60 patients with atopic dermatitis and other atopic skin diseases. 50 healthy subjects were studied as controls. Normal skin, lesional skin, and nasal nostrils were colonized with S. aureus in 25.0%, 40.0%, and 41.7% of patients, respectively. In controls, the colonization rate of S. aureus was 2% in healthy skin and 16% in nasal nostrils (p