Richards J, Ingham H R, Hickman J, Crawford P J, Sengupta R P, Mendelow A D
Department of Microbiology, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
J Infect. 1989 May;18(3):279-82. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(89)80064-7.
Propionibacterium acnes as the single cause of intracranial infections has rarely been described. We present four patients in whom the infection arose as a result of a breach of skin tegument, and postulate that P. acnes is an under-recognised pathogen.
