Adolescents and young adults who receive antibiotics for acne are more than twice as likely during the year following treatment to develop an upper respiratory infection serious enough to warrant a visit to the doctor, according to a new analysis of health statistics.
Using a database of patients in Britain, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia identified 118,496 people, average age 21, who were treated for acne.
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