Propionibacterium acnes and the Pathogenesis of Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-214

  Westerhof, Wiete ^a,b   Relyveld, Germaine N ^a   Kingswijk, Melanie M ^a   De Man, Peter ^c   Menke, Henk E ^a,d  

^a Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Sint Franciscus Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^d SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOMELANOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MACULAR HYPOMELANOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM; SKIN BIOPSY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TINEA VERSICOLOR; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 1442303075     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.2.210     Document Type: Article

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