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Pathogens
Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes

Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes

Susceptibilities

General susceptibility
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General Information

  • Ceftriaxone
  • Vancomycin
  • Tetracyclines
  • Clindamycin
  • Pleomorphic slow-growing gram positive bacillus
  • Incubation time may require up to 14 days

Inhabits skin, nasopharynx, GI/GU tract

Hardware/foreign body infections:

  • Prosthetic joint infections
  • Prosthetic endovascular infections
  • CNS device (i.e. VP shunt)