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De Novo meningitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with metastatic melanoma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2014) 52(4) 1290-1293
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02755-13
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Abstract

Propionibacterium acnes is a known cause of postneurosurgical meningitis; however, it is rarely implicated in de novo meningitis. Herein we report a case of a 49-year-old male with de novo meningitis caused by P. acnes with metastatic melanoma as the only identified risk factor for his infection. Copyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Burnham, J. P., Thomas, B. S., Trevino, S. E., McElvania TeKippe, E., Burnham, C. A. D., & Kuhlmann, F. M. (2014). De Novo meningitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(4), 1290–1293. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02755-13

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