No findings of dental defects in children treated with minocycline.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Instituto di Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, G. Di Cristina Hospital, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Published: July 2004

Forty-one children <8 years of age treated for brucellosis with oral minocycline (2.5 mg/kg) twice daily for 3 weeks were recalled and examined to check for dental staining and defects. Dental staining and defects were found in 14 of 41 exposed children (34.1%) and in 30 of 82 matched controls (36.6%), respectively (P > 0.2).

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