acne vulgaris/diarrhea

The effects of orally administered zinc sulfate in 52 patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris were compared to those of a placebo capsule. The numbers of comedones, papules, pustules, infiltrates, and cysts were counted at each visit over a 12-week period. Forty patients completed the study.

BACKGROUND We report a case of juvenile acne aggravated in the form of Sweet's syndrome by isotretinoin treatment. The late onset of ulcerative-hemorrhagic rectocolitis in this patient raised doubts about a possible relationship between Sweet's syndrome, acne and inflammatory colitis. METHODS A 19

Primary infection with varicella zoster virus was assumed to confer lifelong immunity. Nevertheless, cases of varicella reinfection had been reported regardless of immune status. Here the authors described a case of 11-year old girl with nephrotic syndrome, currently on 80 milligrams of prednisolone

Eighty-three patients with moderately severe acne were entered into a double-blind study utilizing clindamycin and placebo. Counts of comedones and pustules were made at intervals during a 13-week period. Clindamycin resulted in noticeable improvement of acne in 85% of subjects while in the placebo

Thirty-two patients with acne completed a randomized, double-blind study using topical 1% clindamycin phosphate or its vehicle applied twice daily for 8 weeks for a study of its effects on the intestinal microflora. Two clindamycin patients and one vehicle patient had Clostridium difficile in stools

The efficacy and skin tolerance of 1 percent clindamycin phosphate lotion were compared with those of the placebo for the lotion in a randomized, double-blind, 12-week study in forty-six patients with moderate to severe acne vulgaris. Patients using the 1 percent clindamycin lotion experienced

The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy, safety and compliance of 500 mg azithromycin thrice weekly for 12 weeks in moderate inflammatory acne vulgaris. An open-label, noncomparative study was carried out for 12 weeks at Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, La Sapienza

Eleven institutions participated in an eight-week controlled clinical study to evaluate treatment of acne vulgaris with topical clindamycin hydrochloride and clindamycin phosphate. Three hundred fifty-eight patients with comparable baseline pustule, papule, and nodule counts applied 1%, clindamycin

Tetracycline, because of its effectiveness, safety, and economy, remains the treatment of choice for chronic maintenance of uncomplicated acne. However, a certain percentage of patients with very difficult acne will not respond satisfactorily to tetracycline. The study presented herein described

A double-blind prospective study was undertaken to compare low-dosage tetracycline hydrochloride and clindamycin hydrate hydrochloride in the treatment of patients with pustular acne. Clinical improvement was noted in 93.7% of those receiving tetracycline and in 92.8% of those receiving clindamycin.

Sixty patients with severe pustular and cystic acne were treated for prolonged periods with clindamycin (150 mg to 300 mg daily). The average duration of therapy was five months, with 18 patients being treated for more than six months. Only two (3.4%) patients developed mild diarrhea, which was

There are few clinical studies which compare the efficacy and patient satisfaction for oral antibiotics to treat inflammatory acne. To clarify the difference between oral antibiotics, acne patients with moderate to severe inflammatory eruptions were randomized into three groups, and each patient was

This study consists on an eight week completely randomized investigator blind trial designed to compare the relative efficacy and tolerance of clindamycin phosphate topical solution and tetracycline in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate acne vulgaris. Patients were seen at baseline,

After the Food and Drug Administration approved a topical antibiotic for the treatment of acne, we began a postmarketing surveillance study to measure the frequency of antibiotic-associated colitis and diarrhea in acne patients treated with topical antibiotics and low doses of oral antibiotics.

We conducted a randomized controlled trial in patients with acne vulgaris with moderate to severe inflammatory lesions. The patients were assigned to the following three treatment groups: group A received monotherapy with 0.1% topical adapalene gel for 4 weeks; group B received combination therapy