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

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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Main Authors: Manu N Capoor, Filip Ruzicka, Gurpreet Sandhu, Jess Rollason, Konstantinos Mavrommatis, Fahad S Ahmed, Jonathan E Schmitz, Assaf Raz, Holger Brüggemann, Peter A Lambert, Vincent A Fischetti, Ondrej Slaby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208144

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208144

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