Response to Corvec et al regarding "Hemolytic strains of Propionibacterium acnes do not demonstrate greater pathogenicity in periprosthetic shoulder infections"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Comment

Eric T Ricchetti et al. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;27(10):e316-e317.

doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.06.024. Epub 2018 Aug 20.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Hemolytic strains of Propionibacterium acnes do not demonstrate greater pathogenicity in periprosthetic shoulder infections.
Mahylis JM, Entezari V, Karichu J, Richter S, Derwin KA, Iannotti JP, Ricchetti ET. Mahylis JM, et al. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Jun;27(6):1097-1104. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2017.12.025. Epub 2018 Feb 19. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018. PMID: 29472140
Letter to the Editor regarding Mahylis et al: "Hemolytic strains of Propionibacterium acnes do not demonstrate greater pathogenicity in periprosthetic shoulder infections".
Corvec S, Bémer P, Aubin GG, Guillouzouic A. Corvec S, et al. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Oct;27(10):e313-e315. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.05.038. Epub 2018 Aug 8. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018. PMID: 30098924 No abstract available.