title: Focal infections of the central nervous system due to Propionibacterium acnes.
abstract: Propionibacterium acnes as the single cause of intracranial infections has rarely been described. We present four patients in whom the infection arose as a result of a breach of skin tegument, and postulate that P. acnes is an under-recognised pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Ingham
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hickman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mendelow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed