| Autor: |
J, Crouzet, P, Claudepierre, E H, Aribi, C, Malbrunot, L, Beraneck, L H, Juan, B, Larget-Piet |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.). 65(1) |
| ISSN: |
1169-8446 |
| Popis: |
We report two cases of discitis due to Propionibacterium acnes and review previously published cases of bone and joint infections in which this organism was recovered as a pure culture. P. acnes is an anaerobic organism usually considered a normal inhabitant of the skin but capable of producing a variety of infections including discitis, osteitis, arthritis, and chest wall osteitis. Most patients were immunocompetent. A few infections occurred spontaneously, whereas others were secondary to a break in the skin or to implantation of foreign material into the body for instance during internal fixation of a fracture or arthroplasty. Cases of P. acnes chest wall infection have been reported in patients with palmoplantar pustulosis or chronic or multifocal osteitis, supporting a role for P. acnes in SAPHO syndrome. |
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