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Interactions between micro-organisms on skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

W. C. Noble
W. C. Noble
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, The Institute of Dermatology, St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Homerton Grove, London E9 6BX
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Synopsis

The mechanisms of interaction are discussed in general terms; this is followed by a review of interaction which may occur in tinea paedis.

The production of penicillin-like and other antibiotics by dermatophyte fungi in lesions of athletes foot may result in the selection of an antibiotic-resistant bacterial flora which, perhaps by production of antibiotic or other secondary metabolites, can reduce the viability of the fungi. The effect on the host is to bring about a change from a fungal skin lesion which is dry and scaly to a bacterial lesion which is macerated and malodorous.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 79 , Issue 1-3: Surface ecosystems and the interactions within them which overcome skin defence mechanisms , 1980 , pp. 185 - 191
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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