Open AccessPropionibacterium acnes: an under-appreciated cause of post-neurosurgical infection
Author(s) -
Mitzi Nisbet,
Simon Briggs,
R. B. EllisPegler,
Mark Thomas,
David J. Holland
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm351
Subject(s) - propionibacterium acnes , medicine , antimicrobial , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , acne , biology
Propionibacterium acnes is increasingly recognized as a cause of post-neurosurgical infection. This review of patients with P. acnes neurosurgical infection was carried out in order to determine clinical characteristics and outcomes in relation to duration of antimicrobial treatment.
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