Spondylodiscitis due to Propionibacterium acnes: Report of twenty-nine cases and a review of the literature

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Uckay I ^a   Dinh, A ^b   Vauthey, L ^a   Asseray, N ^c   Passuti, N ^c   Rottman, M ^b   Biziragusenyuka, J ^d   Riche A ^e   Rohner, P ^a   Wendling, D ^f   Mammou, S ^g   Stern, R ^a   Hoffmeyer, P ^a   Bernard, L ^a,b,h  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Angouleme General Hospital   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^g Division of Rheumatology   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Case series; Propionibacterium acnes; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLODESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 77950959069     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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