%0 Journal Article %A NOBLE, W. C. %A WILLIE, JEANETTE A. %T Carriage of inhibitor-producing organisms on human skin %D 1980 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 13 %N 2 %P 329-332 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-2-329 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-2-329