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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients with acne vulgaris.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Dec 2008
Ishida Natsumi, Nakaminami Hidemasa, Noguchi Norihisa, Kurokawa Ichiro, Nishijima Setsuko, Sasatsu Masanori
Abstract excerpt
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 er...
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