Examine arguments reframing a chronic skin inflammatory condition as driven by host–microbiome autoinfection rather than pure autoinflammation.
Key Takeaways
- Study's cohort included 1,700 hidradenitis suppurativa patients followed over 18 years
- Viable bacteria were detected in the dermis using prolonged anaerobic cultures and metagenomics
- Antimicrobial resistance increased with clinical severity from Hurley stage I to III