Clinical significance of propionibacterium acnes recovered from blood cultures: Analysis of 524 episodes

Hyun Jung Park, Shin Na, Seong Yeon Park, Song Mi Moon, Oh Hyun Cho, Ki Ho Park, Yong Pil Chong, Sung Han Kim, Sang Oh Lee, Yang Soo Kim, Jun Hee Woo, Mi Na Kim, Sang Ho Choi

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Abstract

Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective endocarditis. After the exclusion of 1 patient whose outcome was not available, the overall mortality rate was 5.9% (1/17).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1598-1601
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume49
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

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