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MAURICE J. COSTELLO, M.D.; J. CHARLES WASHBURN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(3):405-406.

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Numerous types of acne vaccine have been tried for years in the treatment of acne vulgaris. The results have been poor or indifferent. Enthusiastic claims were soon proved to be unfounded. It is the consensus of practitioners who treat this condition in many cases that vaccines are worthless. The good results claimed by the manufacturers of acne vaccines prompted us to use such treatment again in a series of cases at the Bellevue Hospital. We employed an "acne mixed" undenatured bacterial antigen prepared according to Krueger's¹ method in the treatment of this most common of cutaneous diseases. In a previous experiment Kindel and one of us (M. J. C.)² failed to obtain good results in the treatment of pustular dermatoses, including acne vulgaris, with staphylococcus toxoid-Lederle N. N. R.

In the current experiment the patients were given injections of the vaccine twice a week. They were observed by . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Service of Dermatology and Syphilology, Bellevue Hospital, Service of Drs. Howard Fox and E. R. Maloney.

Footnotes
The antigen used was supplied by Eli Lilly & Co.

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