Abdominal wall and intra-peritoneal abscess by Propionibacterium avidum as a complication of abdominal parietoplasty

F Janvier; H Delacour; S Larréché; S Abdalla; P Aubert; A Mérens

doi:10.1016/j.patbio.2013.01.008

Abdominal wall and intra-peritoneal abscess by Propionibacterium avidum as a complication of abdominal parietoplasty

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2013 Oct;61(5):223-5. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2013.01.008. Epub 2013 Feb 13.

Authors

F Janvier¹, H Delacour, S Larréché, S Abdalla, P Aubert, A Mérens

Affiliation

¹ Service de biologie médicale, hôpital d'instruction des Armées Bégin, 69, avenue de Paris, 94160 Saint-Mandé, France; École du Val-de-Grâce, 1, place A.-Laveran, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: janvierfred@hotmail.com.

PMID: 23415274
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2013.01.008

Abstract

Propionibacteria are organisms of low pathogenicity and only a minority of clinical Propionibacterium isolates is clinically significant. Herein, we report a rare case of Propionibacterium avidum abdominal wall and intra-peritoneal abscess that developed in 46-year-old woman after abdominal parietoplasty.

Keywords: Abdominal infection; Infection intra-abdominale; Parietoplasty; Pariétoplastie; Propionibacterium avidum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / microbiology*
Abdominal Wall / microbiology
Abscess / microbiology*
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections*
Hernia, Abdominal / surgery*
Humans
Middle Aged
Peritoneal Cavity / microbiology
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Propionibacterium / isolation & purification*