Pathogens
Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes

Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes

Precautions

Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Information

Anaerobic slow-growing Gram-positive bacillus

Skin commensal, associated with acne

Hardware/foreign body infections:

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

Infected device/hardware should be removed.