Table I.

Patient’s demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristic	Patients with acne (n = 36)
	n (%)
Age, median (range)	19 (11–30)
≤ 20 years	14 (38.9)
> 20 years	22 (61.1)
Sex
Male	9 (25.0)
Female	27 (75.0)
Acne severity*
Mild	16 (45.7)
Moderate	15 (42.9)
Severe	4 (11.4)
Acne duration**
≥ 2 years	28 (82.4)
< 2 years	6 (17.6)
Acne distribution
Only face	20 (55.6)
Face plus either back, chest, arms or neck	16 (44.4)
Prior and current treatments***
No treatment	6 (18.8)
Treatment (antibiotic or other)	26 (81.2)
Antibiotic treatment (topical and oral)	18 (56.3)

Only the 36 patients in whom C. acnes was isolated are shown.

Information missing for:

^*1 patient;

^**2 patients;

^***4 patients.