Treatment of Gram-negative folliculitis in patients with acne

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-276

  Böni, Roland ^a   Nehrhoff, Brita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISOTRETINOIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLICULITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SAMPLING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN FLORA;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FOLLICULITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN;

EID: 0037278874     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200304040-00005     Document Type: Review

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