Figure 4
Study 1: SeS2 reduces numbers of Malassezia spp. and Staphylococcus spp.
Subjects having received SeS2 showed reduced numbers of Malassezia spp. and Staphylococcus spp. by about -2Δlog to -1Δlog respectively, at D28 and 35 at both lesional and non-lesional zones (p<0.001) when compared to D0 and the vehicle group.
By D56, the number of these 2 microorganisms had returned to near-D0 levels. Cutibacterium spp. numbers did not vary at D35 and between the SeS2 and the vehicle group for both lesional and non-lesional zones. Cutibacterium spp. numbers were significantly increased by ~+04Δlog with SeS2 treatment (p<0.001), but only at the lesional zone at D56.