Open AccessTHE PATHOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MICROORGANISMS COLONISING ACNE VULGARIS COMEDONES
Author(s) -
J.P. Leeming,
K. T. Holland,
W.J. Cunliffe
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-20-1-11
Subject(s) - comedo , acne , pathological , medicine , propionibacterium acnes , dermatology , pathology , cancer , breast cancer , ductal carcinoma
A microbiological survey has been undertaken of comedones isolated by micro-dissection from skin biopsies. Of closed comedones 10.7% and of open comedones 7.1% did not contain Pityrosporum spp., Propionibacterium spp. or Staphylococcus spp., the organisms most frequently associated with the pathogenesis of acne. Mature comedones were more frequently colonised than were young comedones. These results support the argument that the presence of microorganisms is not a prerequisite for comedo formation. Other pathological and ecological implications of these results are discussed.