Affiliation:
1. Divisions of Medicine
2. Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Propionibacterium acnes
isolates usually have relatively low virulence and are often classified as contaminants when isolated from blood and tissue cultures. We report a patient with
Propionibacterium acnes
bacteremia and late prosthetic valve endocarditis, complicated by an aortic root abscess.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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