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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1598-1601 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2011 |