Propionibacterium acnes as a cause of prosthetic valve aortic root abscess.
Propionibacterium acnes isolates usually have relatively low virulence and are often classified as contaminants when isolated from blood and tissue cultures. We report a patient with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia and late prosthetic valve endocarditis, complicated by an aortic root abscess.
Hinestrosa
Federico
F
Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-0131, USA.
Djurkovic
Svetolik
S
Bourbeau
Paul P
PP
Foltzer
Michael A
MA
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*