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  • Title: The effect of benzoyl peroxide on cutaneous micro-organisms in vitro.
    Author: Cove JH, Holland KT.
    Journal: J Appl Bacteriol; 1983 Jun; 54(3):379-82. PubMed ID: 6874624.
    Abstract:
    The survival curves of cutaneous micro-organisms in the presence of benzoyl peroxide were investigated. All the curves exhibited a shoulder prior to exponential cell death. Benzoyl peroxide was lethal to the cutaneous organisms tested and they varied in sensitivity increasing as follows: Propionibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus capitis, Staph. epidermidis, Staph. hominis, Prop. avidum, Prop. granulosum and Pityrosporum ovale.
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