Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant propionibacteria on the skin of acne patients: 10-year surveillance data and snapshot distribution study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 840-848

  Coates, P ^a   Vyakrnam, S ^a   Eady, E A ^a   Jones, C E ^a   Cove, J H ^a   Cunliffe, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acne; Antibiotic resistance; Cutaneous propionibacteria; Distribution; Nares; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; SAMPLING; SKIN SURFACE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; NOSE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SKIN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036111628     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04690.x     Document Type: Article

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