Rabu, 27 April 2011

Antibiotics Found to Lower S. Aureus Risk in Acne Patients

Fewer than 10% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates showed resistance to long-term use of tetracycline antibiotics in a cross-sectional study of 83 patients with acne. Furthermore, the patients on antibiotics for acne showed a lower prevalence of S. aureus than acne patients not on antibiotics.
Approximately 40% of the S. aureus isolates were resistant to clindamycin and 44.2% to erythromycin, but all other antibiotics tested (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, and

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