Indian J Dermatol
October 2024
Many articles have been published on actinic keratosis. Bibliometric analysis helps identify the most influential studies in a particular field, Our article was to identify the 100 most frequently cited references on actinic keratosis through bibliometric analysis. As of March 1, 2020, actinic keratosis was searched in the Web of Science database and ranked in order of the total number of citations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although studies have shown that wearing masks can affect the skin microbiome, more detailed and comprehensive research on wearing masks needs to be further explored.
Objective: This study aimed to characterize the influence of mask wearing on the diversity and structural characteristics of the facial skin microbial community of medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic by means of metagenomic sequencing (mNGS).
Methods: A total of 40 samples were taken by swabbing the cheek in the 2 × 2 cm area before and after wearing the masks.