Antibiotics for acne don't increse bacterial resistance

Many people turn to antibiotics to fend off stubbon pimples. But with all the reports about overuse of antibiotics, it raises the questions about whether using the drugs to treat acne will cause bacterial resistance. Not so, according to one new study. The study, by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, contradicts beliefs about long-term use of antibiotics. It was posted online recently in the Archives of Dermatology and will run in

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