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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun:69:102359.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102359. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Recognizing Cutibacterium acnes as a cause of infectious pericarditis: A case report and review of literature

Tony Li-Geng  1 , Travis C Geraci  2 , Navneet Narula  3 , Fainareti N Zervou  4 , Prithiv J Prasad  5 , Arnold G Decano  5 , Stephanie Sterling  5 , Ioannis M Zacharioudakis  6
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Recognizing Cutibacterium acnes as a cause of infectious pericarditis: A case report and review of literature

Tony Li-Geng et al. Anaerobe. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

Cutibacterium acnes is an anaerobic bacterium commonly thought of as a culture contaminant rather than a pathogen. We present a case of Cutibacterium acnes pericarditis in a 22-year-old immunocompetent woman managed with surgical pericardial window and a 4-week course of penicillin G and review related literature on Cutibacterium acnes pericarditis.

Keywords: Anaerobic pericarditis; Cutibacterium acnes; Pericarditis; Propionibacterium acnes; Purulent pericarditis.

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