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Common Skin Bacterium Linked to Food Allergy Risk in Kids

Add the following topics to my interests. Atopic Dermatitis, Pediatric Dermatology

Add to my interests Add the following topics to my interests. Atopic Dermatitis, Pediatric Dermatology

Colonization with the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium was significantly and independently associated with food allergy in young children with eczema enrolled in a pivotal peanut allergy prevention study.

The findings from the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study cohort show that even after controlling for eczema severity, skin S. aureus positivity was associated with an increased risk for developing allergies to peanuts, eggs, and cows milk. The findings are published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.