Skin Microbiota Profiles from Tape Stripping and Skin Biopsy Samples of Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Narrowband Ultraviolet B.

Different sampling techniques resulted in different microbiome profiles in patients with psoriasis. Tape stripping and swabs are feasible procedures and are mostly used in psoriasis and other skin microbiome studies; however, skin biopsy may also expand our understanding of psoriasis and other skin diseases that pathophysiology involves deeper to the dermis or subcutaneous tissue.