Treatment of acne patients with isotretinoin increases β-diversity of a putative health-associated strain of Cutibacterium acnes within the follicular microbiome of responders

Exp Dermatol. 2024 Jan;33(1):e14967. doi: 10.1111/exd.14967. Epub 2023 Oct 27.

Authors

Andrew McDowell¹, Holger Brüggemann², Alison M Layton³

Affiliations

¹ Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.
² Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
³ Department of Dermatology, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK.

PMID: 37891715
DOI: 10.1111/exd.14967

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acne Vulgaris* / microbiology
Humans
Isotretinoin / therapeutic use
Microbiota*
Propionibacterium acnes
Skin / microbiology

Substances

Isotretinoin