title: Antimicrobial susceptibility of strains of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from inflammatory acne.
abstract: In the last decade, a significant increase in the antimicrobial resistance of clinical specimens of Propionibacterium acnes to first line antibiotics used for acne treatment, has been informed in Europe and in the USA. No information about strains isolated from Latin-American countries is available. The antimicrobial susceptibility of 53 strains of P. acnes isolated from skin specimens of inflammatory acne patients, at the clinical Hospital University of Chile was tested. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin, minocycline, and nadifloxacin. Erythromycin and clindamycin resistance was found in 3.8 and 1.9% isolates respectively. Resistance to lymecycline was observed in one isolate, which was intermediate to tetracycline and doxycycline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gübelin
authors.forename: M Angélica
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zapata
authors.forename: M Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents