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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Propionibacteriaceae > Propionibacterium > Propionibacterium acnes

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Propionibacterium acnes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Corynebacterium acnes
  • Corynebacterium parvum

Note

  • infection: coord IM with GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A bacteria isolated from normal skin, intestinal contents, wounds, blood, pus, and soft tissue abscesses. It is a common contaminant of clinical specimens, presumably from the skin of patients or attendants.

History note

  • 76; CORYNEBACTERIUM ACNES & CORYNEBACTERIUM PARVUM were see under CORYNEBACTERIUM 1972-75 (Provs 1972-74)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011425

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