Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis (Eczema) cases in al-Najaf City Iraq
Other Title(s)
مدى انتشار المكورات العنقودية الذهبية في حالات الأكزيما الاستشرائية في مدينة النجف العراق
Joint Authors
al-Hilli, Imad Sadiq Ali
al-Kabi, Karim Thamir
al-Kallabi, Khalidah Kazim Abbas
Source
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 2 (31 Aug. 2016)10 p.
Publisher
University of Kufa Faculty of Nursing \
Publication Date
2016-08-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives : This study was planned to evaluate the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in cases of atopic dermatitis (AD) in Najaf city.
A total of 100 skin swabs were obtained from the effected skin areas of patients who were attending to AL-Sader Teaching Hospital in AL-Najaf city during the period from May to October 2014.
with (AD), along with 50 skin swabs that were obtained from a comparable skin area of 50 persons who were regarded as a control group and comparable in ages and genders with the patient group.
All the skin swabs (patients and control) were then immediately streaked on the surface of selective media for isolation and identification of S.
aureus preliminary.
Then the suspected isolates were confirmed by specific biochemical and enzymatic confirmative tests.
The incidence of Staphylococcal isolates was detected according to the age, gender, duration, severity and also according to the family history.
Results : From the 100 swab samples of patients, there were 54/100 (54%) showed positive isolation of S.
aureus, while only 10/50 (20%) swab samples of the control group showed positive S.
aureus isolation.
The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P ˂ 0.05).
The prevalence of moderate AD cases was higher than that of mild and severe (55.56 % > 20.37 % ˂ 24.07 %) respectively.
Thirty seven patients (68.52 %) were categorized with family history inheritance of AD (Results were statistically significant (P ˂ 0.05), with male to female ratio was 1.25:1.
Seventeen patients (31.5 %) were categorized as acute AD, while 37 patients (68.5%) were diagnosed as chronic.
Conclusions: Staphylococcus aureus infection is positively correlated with AD cases, and genetic factors may play an important role in increasing the frequency of AD cases.
Recommendations: We recommended to use genetic studies for the monitoring of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors correlated with AD.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hilli, Imad Sadiq Ali& al-Kabi, Karim Thamir& al-Kallabi, Khalidah Kazim Abbas. 2016. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis (Eczema) cases in al-Najaf City Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences،Vol. 6, no. 2.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hilli, Imad Sadiq Ali…[et al.]. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis (Eczema) cases in al-Najaf City Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 6, no. 2 (2016).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hilli, Imad Sadiq Ali& al-Kabi, Karim Thamir& al-Kallabi, Khalidah Kazim Abbas. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis (Eczema) cases in al-Najaf City Iraq. Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences. 2016. Vol. 6, no. 2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-708707
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-708707