Effects of minocycline on the ocular flora of patients with acne rosacea or seborrheic blepharitis

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-548

  Ta, Christopher N ^a   Shine, Ward E ^a   McCulley, James P ^a   Pandya, Amit ^a   Trattler, William ^a   Norbury, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Blepharitis; Meibomianitis; Minocycline; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG EFFECT; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BLEPHARITIS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EYE; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSACEA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0042344719     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00011     Document Type: Article

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