The normal flora of the skin in different age groups
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SUMMARY. An investigation of the incidence and distribution of aerobic organisms included in the cutaneous community in 410 persons is described. These subjects were divided by age into 4 groups: infants, children, adults and geriatrics. The age of the individual was found to influence the bacterial flora found on the skin. Coagulase negative staphylococci and micrococci occurred frequently in virtually all sites in each person sampled. Other major Inhabitants of the skin were, in the infants, streptococci, in the adults, diphtheroids and in the old people, diphtheroids and streptococci. The flora was very varied in the children with Sarcina, diphtheroids, spore forming bacilli and Gram‐negative bacilli frequently found in large numbers.
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During organism growth, bacterial populations gradually adapt to the skin environment, and microbiota colonization continues until equilibrium is reached in adulthood.
“During the organism’s growth, the bacterial populations gradually adapt to the skin environment, and the microbiota colonization continues until equilibrium is reached in adulthood [8,9,10].”
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- Authors
- SOMERVILLE, D. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- SOMERVILLE, DOROTHY A.
- Venue
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1969-04
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 248-258
- ISSN
- 0007-0963 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2133
- OpenAlex
- W2170672047
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 8.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Dermatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Keywords
- coagulase-negative staphylococci, micrococci, Streptococcus, diphtheroids, Sarcina, spore-forming bacilli, Gram-negative bacilli, infants, children, older adults
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Bacillus, Bacteria, Candida, Child, Child, Preschool, Corynebacterium, Arthrodermataceae, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Male, Micrococcus, Middle Aged, Neisseria, Skin, Streptococcus
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