No rise in antibiotic resistant acne
23rd February 2012
Contrary to the fears of specialists, rates of antibiotic resistance have remained stable in acne patients treated in general practice, Australian research finds.
A study of acne patients treated by NSW and ACT GPs has shown around 9% were resistant to antibiotics in 2007 — a similar proportion as back in 1997.
Meanwhile GP prescribing of antibiotics halved over the same period, suggesting doctors’ approaches to treating acne have changed.
