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Springer Skin Microbiology Relevance to Clinical Infection by H.I. Maibach, R. Aly
Not since the 1965 pUblication of Skin Bacteria lind Their Role in Infection has our knowledge of clinical skin microbiology been reviewed and sum marized. In the more than a decade and a half since that publication, we have seen a careful reevaluation of the ideas and information current in 1965 and the development of important new discoveries and information. This volume, Skin Microbiology: Relevance to Clinical Infection, reviews developments in the field since 1965 and summarizes the current state ofthe art in thirty-six carefully prepared chapters. Emphasis is on the clinical per spective rather than straight microbiology, although we include enough of the latter to put the clinical aspects in a proper scientific context. The authors contributing to this volume represent a cross section of authorities in the many specialty areas that contribute to our knowledge of skin microbiology. They include investigators in microbiology, infectious disease, epidemiology, surgery, pediatrics, and dermatology. Significant ef forts have been made to minimize repetition and overlap in the various chapters. In some cases, however, information is deliberately repeated in order to provide for the reader a necessary frame of reference. We hope that this volume will be of value to dermatologists, microbio logists, pediatricians, surgeons, public health workers, nurses, and others in volved in the diagnosis and treatment of dermatologic problems caused by bacteria. The editors acknowledge with appreciation the assistance of Drs. A. Allen, F. Marzulli, F. Engley, G. Hildick-Smith, A. Kligman, M. Bruch, H. Eiermann, and D. Taplin._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
I. The Cutaneous Flora and Its Control.- 1. Identification of Staphylococcus and Micrococcus Species Isolated from Human Skin.- 2. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci: Classifiction and Problems.- 3. The Current Status of Aerobic Cutaneous Coryneform Bacteria.- 4. Factors Controlling Skin Bacteria Flora.- 5. Microbiology of Specialized Sites in Relation to Infection.- 6. Newer Methods of Quantifying Skin Bacteria.- 7. Treatment of Nasal Carriers of Coagulase-positive Staphylococci.- 8. Practical Office Microbiology.- 9. Microbial Interactions and Antibiosis.- II Topical Skin Antibacterials.- 10. Clinical Trials of Tropical Antimicrobials.- 11. Preoperative Shower Bath with 4% Chlorhexidine Detergent Solution. Reduction of Staphylococcus aureus in Skin Carriers and Practical Application.- 12. Preoperative Whole Body Disinfection by Shower-bath with Chlorhexidine Soap: Effect on Transmission of Bacteria from Skin Flora.- 13. Postoperative Wound Infections in Vascular Surgery: Effect of Preoperative Whole Body Disinfection by Shower-bath with Chlorhexidine Soap.- 14. Newer Germicides: What They Offer.- 15. Antibacterial Soaps.- 16. Antimicrobial Soaps: Benefits versus Risks.- 17. Antimicrobials: Regulatory Aspects.- 18. Antimicrobial Efficacy in the Presence of Organic Matter.- 19. Topical Antimicrobials: Perspective and Issues.- III Bacterial Adherence and Factors.- 20. Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Nasal Epithelial Cells: Studies of Some Parameters.- IV Infections and Epidemiology.- 21. Epidemiology of Skin Infections: Strategies Behind Recent Advances.- 22. The Role of Hands in Nosocomial Gram-negative Infection.- 23. The Interaction of Fungi and Bacteria in the Pathogenesis Athlete's Foot.- 24. Experimentally Induced Cutaneous Infection in Man.- 25. Exotic Infection: Its Relevance to Clinical Microbiology.- 26. Dermatitic Skin: Microbiology and Treatment.- 27. Staphylococcal Scaled Skin Syndrome: Clinical Features, Biology, and Pathogenesis.- 28. Means of Preventing Burn Wound Infection.- 29. Topical Antibiotic in the Prophylaxis of Experimental S. aureus and S. pyogenes Infections in Humans.- 30. Current Concepts in Neonatal Bacterial Colonozation.- V Acne.- 31. Propionibacterium acnes: Present Status and Role in Acne Vulgaris.- 32. A Role for Propionibacterium acnes in the Production of Inflammatory Lesions in Acne Vulgaris.- VI Skin Infection: Treatment.- 33. Means of Preventing Bacterial Infection.- 34. The Topical Treatment of Skin Infections.- 35. Treatment of Serious Cuatneous Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Infections.- 36. The Role of Ketoconazole in the Management of Mucocutaneous Candidiasis Syndrome._x000D_