Effects of topical erythromycin on ecology of aerobic cutaneous bacterial flora

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2598-2604

  Vowels, Benjamin R ^a   Feingold, David S ^b   Sloughfy, Charles ^c   Foglia, Arlene N ^a   Konnikov, Nellie ^b   Ordoukhanian, Elsa ^a   Starkey, Paul ^c   Leyden, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SmithKline Beecham ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FLORA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029911054     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2598     Document Type: Article

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