RT Book, Section A1 Saavedra, Arturo P. A1 Roh, Ellen K. A1 Mikailov, Anar SR Print(0) ID 1199572100 T1 Bacterial Colonizations and Infections of Skin and Soft Tissues T2 Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 9e YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264278015 LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1199572100 RD 2024/04/24 AB The human microbiome or microbiota represents diverse viral, bacterial, fungal, and other species that live on and within us. They are part of us and we are part of this complex ecosystem. The human body contains >10 times more microbial cells than human cells. The skin supports a range of microbial communities that live in distinct niches. Microbial colonization of skin is more dense in humid intertriginous and occluded sites such as axillae, anogenital regions, and webspaces of feet. An intact stratum corneum is the most important defense against the invasion of pathogenic microbes.