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Atopic dermatitis is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation, exhibiting its effects on a large number of children and adults. This disease results from many factors like defects in skin barrier, immunological, genetic and environmental factors. In addition to these factors, the presence of microorganisms on the skin surface of the patients, like Staphylococcus aureus, play important role in exacerbating the chronic inflammation. Atopic dermatitis patients exhibit defects in immune responses, which in turn increase the susceptibility to infections (bacterial, fungal and viral), so the presence of bacterium or its toxin lead to exacerbate the activity of the disease by stimulating the immune cells like Th-2 cells and eosinophils, in addition to activate the production of toxin-specific IgE. The relationship among atopic dermatitis, immune response and microbial infection, especially S. aureus, is incompletely understood. The current review aims to help the researchers within immunologic and dermatologic fields through shedding a light on the role of immune response and some microbial agents on the pathogenicity of atopic dermatitis. |
