Antibiotic resistance in Propionibacterium acnes. Microbiological and clinical aspects

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 207-210

  Nord, Carl Erik ^a   Oprica, Cristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; LYMECYCLINE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 33750524629     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.08.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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