Understanding the role of Propionibacterium acnes in acne vulgaris: The critical importance of skin sampling methodologies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-129

  Omer, Hélène ^a   McDowell, Andrew ^b   Alexeyev, Oleg A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOFILM; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; COMEDONE EXTRACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; GEL BIOPSY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCOMEDONE EXTRACTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEOMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEBACEOUS CELL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SCRUB; SKIN SWAB; SKIN TAPE STRIPPING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN;

EID: 85014502979     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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