Antibacterial soap use impacts skin microbial communities in rural Madagascar.

ABSTRACT: The skin harbors diverse communities of microorganisms, and alterations to these communities can impact the effectiveness of the skin as a barrier to infectious organisms or injury. As the global availability and adoption of antibacterial products increases, it is important to understand how these products affect skin microbial communities of people living in rural areas of developing countries, where risks of infection and injury often differ from urban populations in developed countries. We investigated the effect of antibacterial soap on skin microbial communities in a rural Malagasy population that practices subsistence agriculture in the absence of electricity and running water. We quantified the amount of soap used by each participant and obtained skin swab samples at three time poin

SUBMITTER: Yu JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6101359 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature