Quantitative PCR of Propionibacterium acnes DNA in samples aspirated from sebaceous follicles on the normal skin of subjects with or without acne

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Miura, Yuriko ^a   Ishige, Ikuo ^b   Soejima, Naomi ^c   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^c   Uchida, Keisuke ^c   Kawana, Seiji ^d   Eishi, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a Fukasawa Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acne; Microflora; Propionibacterium acnes; Quantitative PCR; Sebaceous follicles

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEBACEOUS GLAND; VACUUM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VACUUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952484520     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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