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Brain abscess induced by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with severe chronic sinusitis.

@article{Zaffiri2013BrainAI,
  title={Brain abscess induced by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with severe chronic sinusitis.},
  author={Lorenzo Zaffiri and Rasha Abdulmassih and Shafik Boyaji and Imad Bagh and A. R. Campbell and Mark E. Loehrke},
  journal={The new microbiologica},
  year={2013},
  volume={36 3},
  pages={
          325-9
        }
}
Propionibacterium acnes has long been considered a contaminant organism. However, recently the isolation of this emerging pathogen has become a more difficult clinical challenge. Infections of the central nervous system caused by P. acnes have been strongly associated with neurosurgical procedures. We describe a patient with Propionibacterium acnes cerebral abscess developed as consequence of a severe chronic sinus disease. 
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