Zaffiri Lorenzo, Abdulmassih Rasha, Boyaji Shafik, Bagh Imad, Campbell Amanda R, Loehrke Mark E
Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
New Microbiol. 2013 Jul;36(3):325-9. Epub 2013 Jun 30.
Propionibacterium acnes has long been considered a contaminant organism. However, recently the isolation of this emerging pathogen has become a more difficult clinical challenge. Infections of the central nervous system caused by P. acnes have been strongly associated with neurosurgical procedures. We describe a patient with Propionibacterium acnes cerebral abscess developed as consequence of a severe chronic sinus disease.
痤疮丙酸杆菌长期以来一直被视为一种污染菌。然而，近来分离这种新出现的病原体已成为一项更具挑战性的临床难题。痤疮丙酸杆菌引起的中枢神经系统感染与神经外科手术密切相关。我们描述了一名因严重慢性鼻窦疾病而发生痤疮丙酸杆菌脑脓肿的患者。
