Table 2 Relative occurrence of each microorganism at different skin sites (n = 100).
Site type | Skin site | Staphylococcus aureus (n) | Staphylococcus epidermidis (n) | Lactobacillus (n) | Malassezia furfur (n) | Propionibacterium acnes (n) | Pseudomonadaceae (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed sites | GL (oily) | 4 | 85#▲■ | 35#▲■ | 16 | 83#▲*◆■ | 74*■ |
IS (dry) | 3 | 86#▲■ | 47#▲ | 26#▲■ | 70♥▲ | 87♥#▲◆■ | |
HB (normal) | 3 | 81#▲■ | 43#▲ | 20* | 67♥▲ | 74*■ | |
Unexposed sites | BA (normal) | 1 | 53♥#*◆ | 12♥ | 14* | 61♥ | 60♥*◆ |
AF (normal) | 1 | 67♥*◆■ | 19♥*◆ | 14* | 59♥ | 70* | |
VF (normal) | 3 | 55♥*◆ | 19♥*◆ | 10 | 48♥*◆ | 65* |