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The long‐term treatment of acne vulgaris
Author(s) -
GOULD D.J.,
CUNLIFFE W.J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1978.tb01495.x
Subject(s) - acne , medicine , antibiotics , dermatology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary A clinical investigation of 57 patients with moderate acne indicated that the response to treatment with long‐term antibiotics and appropriate topical therapy could be divided into three groups. One group of patients (28%) showed an 80% improvement within 4 months of starting treatment. In 37% such an improvement took 12 months and in a third group (35%) only a 57% improvement was obtained at the end of 12 months. There was no obvious clinical reason for these three responsive groups.