Levofloxacin is effective for inflammatory acne and achieves high levels in the lesions: An open study [1]

Dermatology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-302

  Kawada, Akira ^a   Aragane, Yoshinori ^a   Tezuka, Tadashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Inflammatory lesion; Levofloxacin; Oral administration; Propionibacterium acnes; Tissue concentration

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; NADIFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PUSTULE; RATING SCALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036089215     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063365     Document Type: Letter

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