Temporal Variation in Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Genotypes from Nose and Skin in Atopic Dermatitis Patients

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BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus colonization is associated with disease severity in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).

OBJECTIVE: To investigate temporal variation in S. aureus protein A gene (spa)-types isolated from the nose and lesional skin and the correlation of spa-types with disease severity.

RESULTS: This study included 96 adult AD patients who were assessed at baseline (T0) and after a strict 2-week follow-up period (T1) in which treatment was standardized with a topical corticosteroid. Fifty-five different spa-types were detected in the nose and skin cultures. Seventy-three patients were colonized with S. aureus in the nasal cavity at both time points (persistent carriership), 59 of whom (81%) had identical spa-types over time. For skin samples, 42 (75%) of the 56 persistent skin carriers had identical spa-types over time. The same spa-type was carried in the nose and skin in 79 and 77% of the patients at T0 and T1, respectively. More severe disease was not associated with specific spa-types or with temporal variation in spa-type.

CONCLUSION: S. aureus strains in AD are highly heterogeneous between patients. The majority of patients carry the same spa-type in the nose and skin without temporal variation, suggesting clonal colonization within individual patients. No predominant spa-type or temporal variation is associated with increased disease severity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:237

Enthalten in:

Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) - 237(2021), 4 vom: 01., Seite 506-512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van Mierlo, Minke M F [VerfasserIn]
Pasmans, Suzanne G M A [VerfasserIn]
Totté, Joan E E [VerfasserIn]
de Wit, Jill [VerfasserIn]
Herpers, Bjorn L [VerfasserIn]
Vos, Margreet C [VerfasserIn]
Klaassen, Corné H W [VerfasserIn]
Pardo, Luba M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Atopic dermatitis
Eczema
F446C597KA
Journal Article
Microbiome
Staphylococcal Protein A
Staphylococcus aureus
Triamcinolone Acetonide

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000515235

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323788254