An Educational Newsletter for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in Dermatology
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Oral and topical antibiotics are commonly prescribed in dermatology to treat infectious skin disorders and inflammatory dermatoses. Prescribing data from 1999 to 2003 indicate that dermatologists write approximately 9 million oral antibiotic prescriptions annually, with tetracycline agents accounting for 65% and cephalosporins 10% of the total. The widespread use of oral tetracyclines relates primarily to their use in treating acne vulgaris and rosacea.
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