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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 259-261, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01598-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Propionibacterium acnes as a Cause of Prosthetic Valve Aortic Root Abscess{triangledown}

Federico Hinestrosa,1 Svetolik Djurkovic,1 Paul P. Bourbeau,2* and Michael A. Foltzer1

Divisions of Medicine,1 Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 178222

Received 2 August 2006/ Returned for modification 19 September 2006/ Accepted 11 October 2006

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-0131. Phone: (570) 271-7467. Fax: (570) 271-6105. E-mail: pbourbeau{at}geisinger.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 October 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, p. 259-261, Vol. 45, No. 1
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01598-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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