title: Identification of Propionibacterium avidum from a breast abscess: an overlooked etiology of clinically significant infections.
abstract: We report the case of a 37-year-old previously healthy woman diagnosed with a breast abscess due to Propionibacterium avidum after breast reduction surgery. This case emphasizes the potential pathogenicity and morbidity associated with this commensal skin organism.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland ; Department of Internal Medicine, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kritikos
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland ; Department of Internal Medicine, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagin
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology of the Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Borens
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Voide
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orasch
keywords: Bacterial; Propionibacterium avidum; breast abscess; clinical microbiology and infection; infectious disease
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