Unusual Cutibacterium acnes splenic abscess with bacteremia in an immunocompetent man: phylotyping and clonal complex analysis

Abstract Background Cutibacterium acnes is an anaerobic bacterium mostly implicated in cutaneous and body-implant infections. Splenic abscess is a rare entity and C. acnes abscesses have only exceptionally been reported. We describe a spontaneous splenic C. acnes abscess in an immunocompetent man wi...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Angèle Roudeau, Stéphane Corvec, Beate Heym, Louise Ruffier d’Epenoux, Olivier Lidove, Valérie Zeller
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-06-01
Subjects:	Abscess Spleen Cutibacterium acnes Single-locus sequence typing Phylotypes Case report
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09467-x