Antibiotic-resistant acne: Lessons from Europe

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-478

  Ross, J I ^a   Snelling, A M ^b   Carnegie, E ^a   Coates, P ^a   Cunliffe, W J ^c   Bettoli, V ^d   Tosti, G ^d   Katsambas, A ^e   Galvan Perez Del Pulgar J I ^f   Rollman, O ^g   Torok L ^h   Eady, E A ^a   Cove, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f Clinic of Dermatology   (Spain)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h 1st Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Erythromycin; Propionibacterium acnes; Resistance; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOTRETINOIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MINOCYCLINE; RETINOID; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ZINERYT;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLINDAMYCIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SKIN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0345578675     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05067.x     Document Type: Article

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