Correlation of Twenty Virulence Genes of Staphylococcus aureus with Severity of Atopic Dermatitis in Children as Compared to Healthy Individuals

Anja Jochmann^1*, Suzanne Hower², Stephen Davis³, Jan Izakovic³ and Lisa RW Plano²

¹University Hospital for Children UKBB, Department of Pediatrics, 4056 Basel, Switzerland

²University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology, Miami, FL 33136, USA

³University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Miami, FL 33136, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Anja Jochmann, University Hospital for Children (UKBB), Departments of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Spitalstr 33, 4056 Basel, Switzerland, Tel: +41-704 2223, Fax: +41-704-1213 Email: