Personal experience on antibiotic resistance of propionibacteria in Ferrara

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Bettoli, V ^a   Borghi, A ^b   Rossi, R ^a   Ferroni, M ^b   Rigolin, F ^a   Virgili, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acne; Antibiotic resistance; Propionibacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33646837876     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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