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Pathogens
Propionibacterium acnes

Propionibacterium acnes

Precautions

Routine Practices

Susceptibilities

General susceptibility
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General Information

Anaerobic slow-growing Gram positive bacillus

Skin commensal, associated with acne

Hardware/foreign body infections:

  • Prosthetic joint infections
  • Prosthetic valve endocarditis
  • Infection of pacemaker/ICD
  • CNS device (i.e. VP shunt) - nosocomial meningitis