Prevalence of Propionibacterium acnes in Intervertebral Discs of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study.

The relationship between intervertebral disc degeneration and chronic infection by Propionibacterium acnes is controversial with contradictory evidence available in the literature. Previous studies investigating these relationships were under-powered and fraught with methodical differences; moreover...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Manu N Capoor, Filip Ruzicka, Tana Machackova, Radim Jancalek, Martin Smrcka, Jonathan E Schmitz, Marketa Hermanova, Jiri Sana, Elleni Michu, John C Baird, Fahad S Ahmed, Karel Maca, Radim Lipina, Todd F Alamin, Michael F Coscia, Jerry L Stonemetz, Timothy Witham, Garth D Ehrlich, Ziya L Gokaslan, Konstantinos Mavrommatis, Christof Birkenmaier, Vincent A Fischetti, Ondrej Slaby
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4990245?pdf=render