Eczema is associated with an altered skin microbiome and higher colonization by Staphylococcus aureus. A study, led at New York Medical by postdoctoral fellow Anish R. Maskey, Ph.D., focuses on ...

This often causes secondary infections that are very much contagious, like Streptococcus (the bacteria that causes Strep throat) or Staphylococcus (Staph infections). Those with eczema may also be ...

Principle investigators Dr Peter Arkwright and Dr Joanne Pennock, both senior scientists at the University, identify ‘second immunoglobulin-binding protein’ - or ‘Sbi’ - as a unique trigger of eczema ...

Dermatologists have long been aware that people with eczema tend to have high levels of a particular bacterium on their skin – Staphylococcus aureus. Skin swabs taken from eczema patients have ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(6):551-552. Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a chronic skin condition which affects 15-20% of the population in developed countries including the United ...

Combined treatment with sodium hypochlorite and nasal mupirocin improved eczema severity, but we don't yet know how or why. Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection is a common ...

What would you tell these parents? Tom Frieden, MD MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staph aureus, is an organism that became resistant in health care facilities and spread to the community. That’s ...