The anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium Propionibacterium acnes which forms part of the normal resident human microbiota of the skin, oral cavity, and gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. The organism is an opportunistic pathogen most widely known for its association with acne vulgaris but it also causes bacterial keratitis and endophthalmitis after ophthalmic surgery, and is increasingly recognized as a significant cause of medical device-related infections.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C4Y Other specified bacterial diseases
H01446 Propionibacterium acnes infection
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving certain specific body regions
Skin disorders involving the head and neck
EG30 Skin disorders localised to the scalp
H01446 Propionibacterium acnes infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by actinobacteria
H01446 Propionibacterium acnes infection
McDowell A, Gao A, Barnard E, Fink C, Murray PI, Dowson CG, Nagy I, Lambert PA, Patrick S
Title
A novel multilocus sequence typing scheme for the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes and characterization of type I cell surface-associated antigens.
