Propionibacteria as a cause of shunt and postneurosurgical infections.
Open Access
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 31 (11), 1085-1089
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.31.11.1085
Abstract
Propionibacterium acnes was isolated from postoperative specimens from nine neurosurgical patients. The role of P. acnes in postneurosurgical infection is discussed.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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