Topical Antiseptics and the Skin Microbiota.

ABSTRACT

The impact of antiseptics on the skin microbiota is poorly understood. SanMiguel et al. (2018) use a sequencing-based approach to compare treatment effects and find that they are dependent on interpersonal and body site-specific community differences. While treatment results in an immediate depletion of the skin microbiota, not all bacterial families are affected equally.