Diphtheria
Longitudinal study of wound healing status and bacterial colonisation of Staphylococcus aureus and Corynebacterium diphtheriae in epidermolysis bullosa patients

Epidermolysis bullosa or EB is a group of rare heritable skin diseases characterised by excessive skin fragility and blisters. EB is caused by mutations in genes coding for structural proteins of the skin, such as type VII collagen, keratin 5 and laminin 332, which severely compromise the integrity and...