Antibiotics for acne - How long is too long?

Other data have shown that individuals treated with antibiotics for acne have alterations in bacterial colonization at other anatomical sites (eg, oropharyngeal S. pyogenes) and increases in other clinical infections (eg, upper respiratory infections or pharyngitis). No evidence from published contr...

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Published inInfectious diseases in children Vol. 31; no. 3; p. 16
Main Author Bell, Edward A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thorofare SLACK INCORPORATED 01.03.2018
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Acne
Antibiotics
Drug therapy
Generic products
Studies
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Summary:Other data have shown that individuals treated with antibiotics for acne have alterations in bacterial colonization at other anatomical sites (eg, oropharyngeal S. pyogenes) and increases in other clinical infections (eg, upper respiratory infections or pharyngitis). No evidence from published controlled trials exists to support differences in therapeutic efficacy among these different antibiotic classes, nor differences in efficacy within the tetracycline class (ie, no differences in efficacy between minocycline, doxycycline or tetracycline). [...]product choice is guided by adverse effect profiles, dosing schedule differences and cost considerations. Recently published treatment guidelines recommend secondgeneration tetracycline products doxycycline or minocycline as first-line oral treatment choices because of improved dosing schedules and lower resistance patterns.
ISSN:1044-9779