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SKIN FLORA OF INFANTS WITH NAPKIN RASH
Author(s) -
BROOKES D. B.,
HUBBERT R. M.,
SARKANY I.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb07226.x
Subject(s) - flora (microbiology) , buttocks , rash , skin flora , incidence (geometry) , dermatology , clinical significance , medicine , candida albicans , biology , pathology , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , surgery , physics , optics
SUMMARY.— Qualitative and quantitative studies of the skin flora of the buttocks were carried out on a group of 60 infants attending a Family Health Clinic. No significant differences were found between the bacterial flora of infants with napkin rash and of normal subjects. In 2 babies with napkin eruption small amounts of Candida Albicans were grown, but these were considered to be of no clinical significance. These results contrast with a high incidence of yeasts in some other studies. The discrepancy is explained by the selection of the groups of infants and by geographical and climatic factors. A definite clinical pattern can be followed in early cases of napkin eruption in male and female infants.