Table 1.
Psoriasis group=11(42,3%) | Control group=15(57,69%) | ||||
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Nas. carriage | NLPS | LPS | Nas. carriage | control skin | |
S. aureus isolated | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
NLPS : non lesionalpsoriatic skin/ LPS : lesionalpsoriatic skin. In psoriasis group one S. aureus strainwasfound in both NLPS and nasal carriage and in control group one S. aureus strainwasfound in both control skinand nasal carriage