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Article: Antibiotics prescribed for acne may double the risk of URIs.(Skin Disorders)(drug therapy)(upper respiratory tract infections)
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- Family Practice News
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- September 15, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA -- Long-term antibiotic therapy for patients with acne induces complex immunologic and microbial changes that can have surprising clinical consequences not only for the patients but also for their close contacts, Whitney P. Bowe reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology.
For the last few years, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, under the direction of Dr. David Margolis, have been exploring the microbial ecology of acne patients and the ways in which it is affected by antibiotic treatment.
They have discovered several phenomena. For one, acne patients on antibiotics are twice as likely to develop ...
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