title: Ventricular patch endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes: advantages of gallium scanning.
abstract: Propionibacterium acnes is a weakly pathogenic commensal of the skin. When isolated from blood cultures it is often considered a contaminant. However, P. acnes may be responsible for severe infections and its role in certain cases of infectious endocarditis has now been definitely established.(1) We report a case of endocarditis due to P. acnes stemming from a ventricular patch and revealed by a gallium 67 scan.
authors.affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales - Hôpital de l'Archet 1 CHU Nice, France. vandenbosf@aol.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenbos
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mondain-Miton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dunais
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fouché
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kreitmann
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carles
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Migneco
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dellamonica
mesh_terms: D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals