2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00081.x
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients with acne vulgaris

Abstract: Antibiotic susceptibilities of Propionibacterium acnes in Japan were determined. Erythromycinresistance 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 erm(X) was found. Sequencing analysis revealed that all of the erythromycin-resistant strains had a mutation in the peptidyl transferase region of the 23S rRNA gene: G2057A, A2058G, or A2059G. Consequently, our results sh… Show more

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“…In the present study the majority of the enrolled patients yielded a positive culture for Propionibacterium spp., which is consistent with previous studies [5,22,23]. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in almost all these studies there are patients with acne that are culture negative for Propionibacteria [5,22,23], which may be attributed to previous or current antimicrobial therapy, or ever-expression of other pathogens in the lesions. In addition, pathogenesis of acne is multi-factorial and the presence of Propionibacterium spp.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…In the present study the majority of the enrolled patients yielded a positive culture for Propionibacterium spp., which is consistent with previous studies [5,22,23]. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in almost all these studies there are patients with acne that are culture negative for Propionibacteria [5,22,23], which may be attributed to previous or current antimicrobial therapy, or ever-expression of other pathogens in the lesions. In addition, pathogenesis of acne is multi-factorial and the presence of Propionibacterium spp.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…In spite of the high frequency of antibiotic use, however, a low rate of antibiotic-resistant strains (4-20.9%) has been reported in some Japanese studies [20,21,22]. The reason for this has not been well investigated.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…There is widespread resistance in P. acnes due to overuse of topical and systemic antibiotics for treatment of acne vulgaris [3,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], as shown in Table 4. Various studies have used different interpretative criteria to estimate the resistance among P. acne strains to different anti-acne drugs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%