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Importance of Propionibacterium acnes hemolytic activity in human intervertebral discs: A microbiological study

Most patients with chronic lower back pain (CLBP) exhibit degenerative disc disease. Disc specimens obtained during initial therapeutic discectomies are often infected/colonized with Propionibacterium acnes, a Gram-positive commensal of the human skin. Although pain associated with infection is typi...

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Autores principales: Capoor, Manu N., Ruzicka, Filip, Sandhu, Gurpreet, Rollason, Jess, Mavrommatis, Konstantinos, Ahmed, Fahad S., Schmitz, Jonathan E., Raz, Assaf, Brüggemann, Holger, Lambert, Peter A., Fischetti, Vincent A., Slaby, Ondrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6264842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30496247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208144