Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Studies of Skin Microflora in Healthy Individuals and Atopic Dermatitis Patients
Brief Summary:
This study will examine microbes (e.g., bacteria, fungi, viruses) that live on human skin and how microbes contribute to health and disease. It will analyze healthy human skin and how the these microorganisms might change in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), a skin condition also known as eczema.
Healthy volunteers, as well as patients with moderate to severe eczema (AD), between 2 and 40 years of age may be eligible for this study.
We also wish to enroll children and adults aged 2-40 who have been diagnosed with inherited immune disorders known as HIES (hyperimmunoglobulin-E syndrome), WAS (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome), or DOCK8 immunodeficiency because they frequently have skin problems similar to AD.
Eligible participants undergo the following tests and procedures:
Participants may be contacted periodically for follow-up studies. Patients with atopic dermatitis may have additional skin samples