title: Abdominal wall and intra-peritoneal abscess by Propionibacterium avidum as a complication of abdominal parietoplasty.
abstract: Propionibacteria are organisms of low pathogenicity and only a minority of clinical Propionibacterium isolates is clinically significant. Herein, we report a rare case of Propionibacterium avidum abdominal wall and intra-peritoneal abscess that developed in 46-year-old woman after abdominal parietoplasty.
authors: Service de biologie médicale, hôpital d'instruction des Armées Bégin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France; École du Val-de-Grâce, 1, place A.-Laveran, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: janvierfred@hotmail.com.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Janvier
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Delacour
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Larréché
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Abdalla
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Aubert
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mérens
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000382:microbiology; D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Abdominal infection; Infection intra-abdominale; Parietoplasty; Pariétoplastie; Propionibacterium avidum