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Ventricular patch endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes: advantages of gallium scanning
F Vandenbos1, P M Roger, V Mondain-Miton
1Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales - Hôpital de l'Archet 1 CHU Nice, France. vandenbosf@aol.com
The Journal of Infection
|March 1, 2002
Abstract:
Propionibacterium acnes is a weakly pathogenic commensal of the skin. When isolated from blood cultures it is often considered a contaminant. However, P. acnes may be responsible for severe infections and its role in certain cases of infectious endocarditis has now been definitely established.(1) We report a case of endocarditis due to P. acnes stemming from a ventricular patch and revealed by a gallium 67 scan.

