Table 2.

Treatment history of antibiotics for oral administration (group 1a) and topical use (group 1b)

Profile	Group 1a (n=67)	Group 1b (n=26)
Subjects who received only a kind of antibiotic	19 (28.4)	10 (38.5)
Two kinds of antibiotic	7 (10.4)	3 (11.5)
One type of antibiotic use plus TCM products	15 (22.4)	6 (23.1)
One type of antibiotic use plus BPO	9 (13.4)	2 (7.7)
One type of antibiotic use plus retinoids	8 (11.9)	2 (7.7)
One type of antibiotic use plus physical treatments	3 (4.5)	3 (11.5)
One type of oral antibiotic plus one type of topical antibiotic	6 (9.0)	–

Data were expressed as n (%).

BPO, benzoyl peroxide; TCM, traditional Chinese herbal medicine.