Clinical relevance of antibiotic resistance in acne

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-186

  Ochsendorf, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HORMONE; ISOTRETINOIN; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; MINOCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM GRANULOSUM; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745636814     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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