Propionibacterium acnes: An underestimated pathogen in implant-associated infections

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Portillo, María Eugenia ^a   Corvec, Stéphane ^b,c   Borens, Olivier ^d   Trampuz, Andrej ^e  

^a Laboratori de Referencia de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BREAST IMPLANT; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SPINE IMPLANT; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 84888581319     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/804391     Document Type: Review

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