Brotfain Evgeni, Koyfman Leonid, Saidel-Odes Lisa, Borer Abraham, Refaely Yael, Klein Moti
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, General Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Department of Infectious Disease, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015;2015:190134. doi: 10.1155/2015/190134. Epub 2015 Nov 29.
Propionibacterium acnes is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium which causes numerous types of infections. Isolated Propionibacterium acnes deep neck infections are very rare. We present an interesting case of deep neck infection complicated by descending mediastinitis of isolated Propionibacterium acnes infection.
痤疮丙酸杆菌是一种厌氧的革兰氏阳性细菌,可引起多种类型的感染。孤立性痤疮丙酸杆菌引起的颈部深部感染非常罕见。我们报告了一例有趣的颈部深部感染病例,该病例并发了孤立性痤疮丙酸杆菌感染导致的下行性纵隔炎。