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Table 1 Bacteria in eczema spots and human milk

From: Topical treatment with fresh human milk versus emollient on atopic eczema spots in young children: a small, randomized, split body, controlled, blinded pilot study

Child

Week

Clinical infected

Study area

Control area

Human milk

1

0

No

No growth

No growth

Skin flora1

 

1

No

No growth

No growth

Missing

 

2

No

No growth

Skin flora

Missing

 

3

No

Gram negative rods

Gram negative rods

Skin flora

 

4

No

Skin flora

No growth

Skin flora

2

0

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

1

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

2

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

3

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

4

No

No growth

No growth

Skin flora

5

0

No

S. aureus (rich)

S. aureus (mod.2)

Skin flora

 

1

No

S. aureus (rich)

S. aureus (rich)

S. aureus (some col.3)

 

2

Yes

S. aureus (mod.)

S. aureus (sparse)

Skin flora

 

3

No

S. aureus (rich)

S. aureus (rich)

Skin flora

 

4

Yes

S. aureus (mod.)

Skin flora

Skin flora

7

0

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

1

Yes

Skin flora

Skin flora

CNS4

 

2

No

S. aureus (some col.)

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

3

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

4

No

S. aureus (some col.)

Skin flora

Skin flora

8

0

No

Missing

Missing

Missing

 

1

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

2

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

3

No

S. aureus (some col.)

Skin flora

Skin flora

 

4

No

Skin flora

Skin flora

Skin flora

9

0

No

S. aureus (some col.)

S. aureus (sparse)

Skin flora

 

1

Yes

S. aureus (mod.)

S. aureus (rich)

AHST 5

 

2

No

S. aureus (sparse)

S. aureus (mod.)

No growth

 

3

Yes

S. aureus (mod.)

S. aureus (some col.)

Skin flora

  1. 1Skin flora: non-pathogen bacteria belonging to the skin flora 2 mod.: moderate, 3col. colonies, 4CNS: coagulase negative staphylococci, 5AHST alfa haemolytic streptococci.
  2. Bacterial presence in samples taken from eczema spots and human milk weekly, and the presence of clinically judged infection in control and intervention sites of six children with atopic eczema included in a split body, controlled, physician blinded pilot study evaluating human milk and emollient versus emollient alone on eczema lesions.