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We determined how the follicular microbiome changes with isotretinoin and identified which alterations correlate with a successful treatment response. Whole genome sequencing was done on casts from facial follicles of acne patients sampled before, during and after isotretinoin treatment. Alterations in the microbiome were assessed and correlated with treatment response at 20\u2009weeks as defined as a 2\u2010grade improvement in global assessment score. We investigated the \u03b1\u2010diversity, \u03b2\u2010diversity, relative abundance of individual taxa, <jats:italic>Cutibacterium acnes<\/jats:italic> strain composition and bacterial metabolic profiles with a computational approach. We found that increased \u03b2\u2010diversity of the microbiome coincides with a successful treatment response to isotretinoin at 20\u2009weeks. Isotretinoin selectively altered <jats:italic>C. acnes<\/jats:italic> strain diversity in SLST A and D clusters, with increased diversity in D1 strains correlating with a successful clinical response. Isotretinoin significantly decreased the prevalence of KEGG Ontology (KO) terms associated with four distinct metabolic pathways inferring that follicular microbes may have limited capacity for growth or survival following treatment. Importantly, these alterations in microbial composition or metabolic profiles were not observed in patients that failed to achieve a successful response at 20\u2009weeks. Alternative approaches to recapitulate this shift in the balance of <jats:italic>C. acnes<\/jats:italic> strains and microbiome metabolic function within the follicle may be beneficial in the future treatment of acne.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/exd.14798","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,31]],"date-time":"2023-03-31T13:14:43Z","timestamp":1680268483000},"page":"955-964","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Treatment response to isotretinoin correlates with specific shifts in <i>Cutibacterium acnes<\/i> strain composition within the follicular microbiome"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3064-2058","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zachary T.","family":"Nolan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine  Hershey Pennsylvania 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