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Article: ACNE UNDER CONTROL; DERMATOLOGY HOLDS ADVANTAGE IN SKIN BATTLE.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 27, 1999
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Byline: Phil Davis Staff Writer
Scratch this off your list of millennial worries: mutant acne.
As recently as 1996, some doctors noticed forms of the bacteria that cause acne were developing the ability to shrug off oral and topical antibiotics such as tetracycline and erythromycin. The predictions were grim.
``By the year 2000, dermatologists worldwide may have few, if any, anti-microbial agents to rely on to treat their acne patients,'' British Dr. William J. Cunliffe pronounced at a medical conference three years ago.
But as the millennium approaches, local dermatologists say antibiotic-resistant acne is still more sci-fi threat ...