Propionibacterium skull osteomyelitis treated with daptomycin

Mayurika Ghosh; Rohit Talwani; Bruce L Gilliam

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.04.003

Propionibacterium skull osteomyelitis treated with daptomycin

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2009 Sep;111(7):610-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 May 17.

Authors

Mayurika Ghosh¹, Rohit Talwani, Bruce L Gilliam

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19450922
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.04.003

Abstract

Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is emerging as a pathogen in postneurosurgical infections. A case of cranial bone flap infection due to P. acnes successfully treated with daptomycin is presented. This case demonstrates the potential of daptomycin as an option in the treatment of P. acnes.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
Daptomycin / therapeutic use*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
Humans
Male
Meningioma / complications
Meningioma / pathology
Meningioma / surgery
Neurosurgical Procedures
Osteomyelitis / drug therapy*
Osteomyelitis / microbiology
Osteomyelitis / pathology
Propionibacterium acnes*
Skull / pathology*
Sphenoid Sinus / pathology
Sphenoid Sinus / surgery
Surgical Flaps
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Daptomycin