Environmental and skin–nasal microbiome variation in South African children with atopic dermatitis
In South African children with AD, skin-nasal microbiomes reflect shared reservoirs, and differences in the AD microbiome were observed between environmental regions. These findings highlight the need for geographically diverse studies incorporating skin and mucocutaneous sampling to better understand pediatric AD.
Authors
- Christopher L. Dupont (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0896-6542)
- Carol Hlela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-3252)
- Chris Callewaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7697-9188)
- Nonhlanhla Lunjani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8204-9948)
- Rob Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9019)
- Avumile Mankahla
- Michael Levin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-7981)
- Richard L. Gallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-7861)
- Drishti Kaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-8486)
- Gillian O. N. Ndhlovu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7188-5772)
- Felix S. Dube (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-7786)
- Britta De Pessemier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3249-176X)
- George K. Hightower
- Amy Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-564X)
- Evgeniya Sovershaeva
- Yang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-8971)
- Teruaki Nakatsuji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-2991)
- Murunwa Madzinga
Institutions
- University Hospital of North Norway (NO)
- J. Craig Venter Institute (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Akershus University Hospital (NO)
- Ghent University (BE)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- La Jolla Bioengineering Institute (US)
- APC Microbiome Institute (IE)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
- Walter Sisulu University (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04589-x
- Primary Topic
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00