Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.

A 59-year-old male diabetic was admitted with an acute myocardial infarction and had recurrent. Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia. Fifteen months after the initial admission a splenectomy was required for removal of a large splenic abscess caused by P. acnes. Although this organism represents part...

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Autores principales: Gekowski, K. M., Lopes, R., LiCalzi, L., Bia, F. J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1982
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7113264
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author Gekowski, K. M.
Lopes, R.
LiCalzi, L.
Bia, F. J.
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description A 59-year-old male diabetic was admitted with an acute myocardial infarction and had recurrent. Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia. Fifteen months after the initial admission a splenectomy was required for removal of a large splenic abscess caused by P. acnes. Although this organism represents part of the normal skin flora, its presence of blood cultures requires serious evaluation since it may signify clinical disease, not merely contamination of blood cultures by skin flora.
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spelling pubmed-25960022008-12-05 Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes. Gekowski, K. M. Lopes, R. LiCalzi, L. Bia, F. J. Yale J Biol Med Research Article A 59-year-old male diabetic was admitted with an acute myocardial infarction and had recurrent. Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia. Fifteen months after the initial admission a splenectomy was required for removal of a large splenic abscess caused by P. acnes. Although this organism represents part of the normal skin flora, its presence of blood cultures requires serious evaluation since it may signify clinical disease, not merely contamination of blood cultures by skin flora. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1982 /pmc/articles/PMC2596002/ /pubmed/7113264 Text en
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Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title_full Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title_fullStr Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title_full_unstemmed Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title_short Splenic abscess caused by Propionibacterium acnes.
title_sort splenic abscess caused by propionibacterium acnes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7113264
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