Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea.
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr;49(4):1598-601. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01842-10. Epub 2011 Feb 16.
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).
在 522 例痤疮丙酸杆菌菌血症(PAB)患者中,有 18 例(3.5%)患有临床显著的 PAB。这 18 例患者中,10 例(55.6%)患有医院获得性菌血症,6 例(33.3%)在发生 PAB 前接受过侵入性操作。1 例患有室间隔缺损的患者出现感染性心内膜炎。排除 1 例结局资料缺失的患者后,总体死亡率为 5.9%(1/17)。