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A comparative study of Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes clones from acne patients and healthy controls.
Anaerobe - 1 Oct 2017
Lomholt H B, Scholz C F P, Brüggemann H, Tettelin H, Kilian M
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BACKGROUND: Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes is assumed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of acne. OBJECTIVES: To examine if clones with distinct virulence properties are associated with acne. METHODS: Multiple C. acnes isolates from follicles and surface skin of patients with moderate to severe acne and healthy controls were characterized by multilocus sequence typing. To determine if CC18...
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