Identification of Propionibacterium avidum from a breast abscess: an overlooked etiology of clinically significant infections

A Kritikos; M Pagin; O Borens; C Voide; C Orasch

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2014.12.001

Identification of Propionibacterium avidum from a breast abscess: an overlooked etiology of clinically significant infections

New Microbes New Infect. 2014 Dec 19:4:9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2014.12.001. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Authors

A Kritikos¹, M Pagin¹, O Borens², C Voide³, C Orasch³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland ; Department of Internal Medicine, Switzerland.
² Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology of the Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Infectious Diseases Service, Switzerland.

Abstract

We report the case of a 37-year-old previously healthy woman diagnosed with a breast abscess due to Propionibacterium avidum after breast reduction surgery. This case emphasizes the potential pathogenicity and morbidity associated with this commensal skin organism.

Keywords: Bacterial; Propionibacterium avidum; breast abscess; clinical microbiology and infection; infectious disease.