Antibiotic resistance of propionibacteria: Four years' experience of a large number of cases in Italy [4]

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-207

  Bettoli, Vincenzo ^a   Borghi, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Rita ^b   Ferroni, Marcello ^a   Rigolin, Franco ^b   Virgili, Annarosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acne; Antibiotic resistance; Propionibacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SKIN FLORA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32944466941     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090665     Document Type: Letter

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