Staphylococcus aureus skin infections were treated with lotions made with bacteria from patients’ own microbiomes in a very small study.

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People with atopic dermatitis have small quantities of certain beneficial bacteria on their skin. These bacteria were cultured to expand the bacterial numbers and made into a lotion that led to a greater than a 90% decrease in Staph aureus in all five patients.

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