Nature Reviews Microbiology 2017-07-13

Microbiota: Leishmaniasis breaks the equilibrium

Irene Vacca

Index: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.82

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Abstract

The skin microbiota affects wound healing, inflammatory and immune responses to infections, and chronic skin diseases. Gimblet et al. investigated the role of the skin microbiota in cutaneous leishmaniasis and found that infection with Leishmania spp. parasites caused a decrease in bacterial diversity

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