Posted on November 30, 2008
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Posted on November 30, 2008
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It is certain that, I hear they say. Well now you can. Let's take back a good 60 years. Back 60 years ago had no local pharmacies in each city, so the purchase of an over-the-counter product was unknown to most people, home treatment is the most popular of all treatments.
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients with acne vulgaris.
Microbiol Immunol. 2008 Dec;52(12):621-4
Authors: Ishida N, Nakaminami H, Noguchi N, Kurokawa I, Nishijima S, Sasatsu M
Antibiotic susceptibilities of Propionibacterium acnes in Japan were determined. Erythromycin-resistance was found in 10.4% (5/48) of the strains, and four of these were cross-resistance to clindamycin. Although the erythromycin ribosome methylase gene erm(X) was looked for, no strain carrying erm(X) was found. Sequencing analysis revealed that all of the erythromycin-resistant strains had a mutation in the peptidyl transferase region of the 23S rRNA gene: G2057A, A2058G, or A2059G. Consequently, our results show that P. acnes resistance to macrolides is caused...
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This study was performed to obtain detailed information about the treatment-seeking behaviors in Korean acne patients. Patients who visited the dermatology departments at 17 university hospitals completed a self-administered questionnaire. Most patients obtained information about acne from doctors or the Internet. The most important criteria for selecting a treatment method or choosing a particular clinic were effectiveness and accessibility. Patients used traditional medicine, visited beauty clinics, drank more water, and used over-the-counter topical agents more frequently than they sought doctors during the worsening period. The degree of satisfaction in treatment was found to depend on the total cost of treatment, number of places visited, site affected by acne, and emotional stress. T...
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(Source: British Journal of Dermatology)
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