Pathogens
Propionibacterium acnes

Propionibacterium acnes

Precautions

Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Information

Anaerobic slow-growing gram positive bacillus

Skin commensal, associated with acne

Hardware/foreign body infections: Prosthetic joint infections, CNS device (i.e. VP shunt) - nosocomial meningitis

Prosthetic valve endocarditis, infection of pacemaker/ICD