Pathogens
Propionibacterium acnes

Propionibacterium acnes

Precautions

Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Information

  • Clindamycin
  • Doxycycline
  • Ertapenem

Anaerobic slow-growing gram positive bacillus

Skin commensal, associated with acne

Hardware/foreign body infections

  • Prosthetic joint infections (esp shoulder)
  • CNS device (i.e. VP shunt)
  • Nosocomial meningitis
  • Prosthetic valve endocarditis
  • Infection of pacemaker/ICD