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Patients with Acne Vulgaris Have a Distinct Gut Microbiota in Comparison with Healthy Controls
1 Jan 2018
Abstract excerpt
Acne vulgaris has been postulated to have a gastrointestinal mechanism; however, little is known about gut microbiota dysfunction in this condition. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate whether the gut microbiota is altered in acne. Faecal bacterial diversity was analysed in 43 patients with acne and 43 controls, using hypervariable tag sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the 16S rDNA gene....
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