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Treatment Skin Inflammatory Propionibacterium Cutibacterium List Morphological Features

Front Propionibacterium (Cutibacterium)

List (2) morphological features
What is the primary manifestation?
What is the treatment ?
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Gram (+) anaerobic rods
Commensal skin bacteria

Manifestation
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Acne vulgaris 
(chronic inflammatory skin disease due to blockage of pilosebaceous units that causes inflammatory or non-inflammatory lesions on face | neck | chest)



Topical Treatment
 ↓
Benzoyl peroxide 

Tags: microbiology

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