Pattern of tissue invasion by Propionibacterium acnes in acne vulgaris

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-66

  Alexeyev, Oleg A ^a   Lundskog, Bertil ^a   Ganceviciene, Ruta ^b   Palmer, Ruth H ^a   McDowell, Andrew ^c   Patrick, Sheila ^c   Zouboulis, Christos ^d   Golovleva, Irina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA 23S;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LETTER; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLORA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862163041     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2012.03.004     Document Type: Letter

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