Systemic Antibiotics for Treatment of Acne Vulgaris

Abstract

This report was compiled by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Use of Antibiotics in Dermatology, Division of Research, National Program for Dermatology (which is now part of the American Academy of Dermatology). The committee members who participated follow: William A. Akers, MD, San Francisco; Alfred M. Allen, MD, San Francisco; Joseph W. Burnett, MD, Baltimore; Ruth K. Freinkel, MD, Chicago; Peter N. Horvath, MD, Washington, DC; Paul Lazar, MD, Highland Park, Ill; James L. Leyden, MD, Philadelphia; Howard I. Maibach, MD, San Francisco (chairman); Richard R. Marples, BM, London; Silas E. O'Quinn, MD, New Orleans; Peter E. Pochi, MD, Boston; Edgar B. Smith, MD, Albuquerque, NM; David Taplin, Miami, Fla. (Arch Dermatol 111:1630-1636, 1975)