• DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.03956.x
Corpus ID: 44614220

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic‐resistant Propionibacterium acnes isolated from acne patients attending dermatology clinics in Europe, the U.S.A., Japan and Australia

@article{Ross2001PhenotypicAG,
  title={Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic‐resistant Propionibacterium acnes isolated from acne patients attending dermatology clinics in Europe, the U.S.A., Japan and Australia},
  author={J. Ross and A. M. Snelling and E. Eady and J. Cove and W. Cunliffe and J. Leyden and P. Collignon and B. Dr{\'e}no and A. Reynaud and J. Fluhr and S. Oshima},
  journal={British Journal of Dermatology},
  year={2001},
  volume={144}
}

• J. Ross, A. M. Snelling, +8 authors S. Oshima
• Published 2001
• Biology, Medicine
• British Journal of Dermatology

Background Propionibacterium acnes is the target of antimicrobial treatments for acne vulgaris. Acquired resistance to erythromycin, clindamycin and tetracyclines has been reported in strains from diverse geographical loci, but the molecular basis of resistance, via mutations in genes encoding 23S and 16S rRNA, respectively, has so far only been elucidated for isolates from the U.K.