Microbiome: Ecology of eczema.

Nat Microbiol

Department of Immunobiology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.

Published: August 2016

Patients with atopic dermatitis have fundamentally different skin microbial populations compared with people with healthy skin. Bacteria associated with atopic dermatitis express genes for survival in dry conditions and for ammonia production, modulating the pH of this distinct environment and driving complex ecological interactions.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6035744PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.135DOI Listing

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