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Background  Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most frequent chronic and inflammatory skin condition. AD is characterized by damaged epidermal barrier, xerosis and pruritus of eczematous skin lesions which tend to flare. The duration and frequency of exacerbation of AD symptoms markedly affects the quality of patient life. AD results from the interplay between host genetics, immunity, and environmental factors, however the detailed pathogenesis of this disease is still not entirely cleared. Furthermore, disturbances of the skin microbiota and skin functional impairment predispose to secondary skin infections.  Staphylococcus aureus  colonizes skin and mucous membranes of 20 to 80% of healthy individuals and of 90% of patients with AD in whom this bacterium is accounted as an important AD exacerbating factor. It is also proven, that  S. aureus  nasal carriage significantly increases the risk for self-transmission and endogenous infection. In the current study the presence of  S. aureus  either in nasal vestibule and on lesioned skin of 64 patients with AD enrolled in 10-year autovaccination program was determined. The genetic relatedness of 86  S. aureus  isolated from patients nose and skin using Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) and antimicrobial susceptibility of all strains to methicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, mupirocin, gentamicin, amikacin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and cotrimoxazole was also evaluated.    Results  In total 23 PFGE genotypes and 24 unique patterns were distinguished. 34 patients were  S. aureus  nasal carriers. Simultaneous presence of  S. aureus  in nose and on affected skin was found in 16 carriers colonized by indistinguishable or potentially related  S. aureus  vs 2 carriers colonized with non-related  S. aureus  in nasal vestibule and on skin.  4 isolates were methicillin resistant (MRSA) among which 3 showed constitutive MLSB resistance phenotype and remaining one was resistant to tetracycline and chloramphenicol.  In 4 isolates inducible MLSB resistance phenotype was found, one of them was additionally resistant to tetracycline. 7  S. aureus  were mupirocin resistant among them 3 - isolated from one patient, were resistant simultaneously to tetracyclines and chloramphenicol. 7 strains demonstrated resistance to chloramphenicol and susceptibility to all tested antimicrobial agents. The susceptibility to gentamicin, amikacin and cotrimoxazole among all examined  S. aureus  was confirmed.    Conclusion  The obtained results indicated non-clonal structure of  S. aureus  circulating in AD patients. PFGE results showed the clonal-structure of vast majority of  S. aureus  isolated from nose and skin from nasal carriers what may prove the autoinfection in these patients. All examined patients the moderate or strong severity of AD was reported. Susceptibility to most antibiotics among isolated strains was also observed.

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Determination of nasal carriage and skin colonization, antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis in Szczecin, Poland