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We therefore reviewed the efficacy of sub\u2010antimicrobial doses of SDD in papulopustular rosacea (PPR) and aimed to determine the most suitable patients for this approach.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From July to September 2019, we carried out a comprehensive search of literature from five databases, using a combination of \u201crosacea\u201d AND \u201cdoxycycline\u201d.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our search yielded 532 potentially relevant studies. Our meta\u2010analysis showed no significant difference between SDD and a comparator (RR: 1.12, 95\u00a0% CI: 0.78\u20131.62, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = \u00a086\u00a0%). Subgroup analysis of studies comparing doxycycline with placebo yielded a clear difference in favor of doxycycline (RR: 1.45, 95\u00a0% CI: 1.22\u20131.72, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = \u00a031\u00a0%), while subgroup analysis of studies comparing active drugs revealed no difference between interventions (RR: 0.52, 95\u00a0% CI: 0.17\u20131.63, I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = \u00a090\u00a0%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>There is strong evidence that SDD is more effective than placebo. However, other drugs such as minocycline or isotretinoin have shown outcomes at least similar to that of SDD. 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