title: Clinical significance of Propionibacterium acnes recovered from blood cultures: analysis of 524 episodes.
abstract: Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective endocarditis. After the exclusion of 1 patient whose outcome was not available, the overall mortality rate was 5.9% (1/17).
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Seong Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Song Mi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Oh-Hyun
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ki-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong Pil
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Sung-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Oh
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yang Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity