Corrigendum to “A novel method to control the balance of skin microflora: Part 2. A study to assess the effect of a cream containing farnesol and xylitol on atopic dry skin” [J. Dermatol. Sci. 38 (2005) 207–213

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The authors and publisher regret that, in the originally published article, the list of authors were incorrectly published. The correct list of authors are as follows: Masako Katsuyama, Yusuke Kobayashi, Hideyuki Ichikawa, Atsuko Mizuno, Yoshiki Miyachi, Kayoko Matsunaga, Makoto Kawashima Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this error. A novel method to control the balance of skin microflora: Part 2. A study to assess the effect of a cream containing farnesol and xylitol on atopic dry skinJournal of Dermatological ScienceVol. 38Issue 3PreviewIt is recognized that colonization by Staphylococcus aureus (SA) on the skin is one of the factors that can worsen atopic dermatitis (AD). Antibiotics and germicides are not the best choice to remove bacteria from the skin of AD patients, because of problems of irritation to the skin and bacterial resistance. We therefore turned our attention to the biofilm of SA with the aim of removing only SA from the skin surface of AD patients. We found that xylitol (X) and farnesol (F) synergistically inhibited biofilm formation by SA and dissolved biofilm formed in vivo (Part 1). Full-Text PDF