Bacterial skin colonization in patients with atopic dermatitis/ eczema syndrome

From a total of 286 cases ofAtopic Dermatitis [AD] patients, 94.4% and 86.36% yielded positive cultures of eczematous lesions and healthy area of AD skin. Twenty various bacterial types and a total of 959 and 744 isolates were identified from each of above areas respectively. Staph. aureus was the predominant bacterial agent isolated from 60.48% of eczematous lesions, while Staph. epidermidis was predominantly from 57.34% of healthy areas of AD patients [P< 0.001]. The bacterial numbers ranged from [0.02-92.0]x10[5] cell/cm[2] in eczematous lesions and [0.11-23.0]x 10[3] cell/cm[2] in healthy areas of atopic skin [P< 0.001]

Immunophenotyping related to cluster of differentiation [CD] markers in patients with atopic dermatitis

Determination of concentrations of cluster of differentiation [CD] markers in patients with atopic dermatitis and comparison with healthy individuals were carried out in this study. It was found that the mean concentrations of positive lymphocytes for AD patients reached 82.2%, 55.7%, 28.7%, and 21.9% for CD3, CD4, Cd8, and GD19, respectively, and those of healthy individuals reached 72.2, 40.3, 18.5, and 13.1 for CD3, CD4, Cd8, and CD19 respectively. We found that the mean values of CDs for AD patients high than those of healthy individuals [69.7%, 75.9%, 94.4% and 68.5%] [P<0.05]

re high than those of healthy individuals [65.7%, 75.9%, 94.4% and 68.5%] [P<0.05]