title: Optic neuropathy caused by Propionibacterium acnes pachymeningitis.
abstract: We describe a patient with vision loss from an optic neuropathy caused by Propionibacterium acnes pachymeningitis. The patient's optic neuropathy was stabilized with appropriate antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Ophthalmology (O-OOA, BCS, KBD, BJK, JEAW), Radiology (EPQ), Pathology (CAP), and Neurology (KBD, BJK, JEAW), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: Ore-Ofe O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Adesina
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Stagg
authors.forename: Kathleen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Digre
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Edward P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Judith E A
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology