@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-2-329, author = "NOBLE, W. C. and WILLIE, JEANETTE A.", title = "Carriage of inhibitor-producing organisms on human skin", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1980", volume = "13", number = "2", pages = "329-332", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-2-329", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-2-329", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary The carriage on skin lesions, on healthy skin and in the nose, of micro-organisms that produce antibiotics active against Staphylococcus aureus has been studied. About 5% of sites (10% of all patients) yielded such organisms. No evidence could be found that the presence of producer organisms in skin lesions had a protective effect against colonisation by S. aureus. ", }