Cutibacterium acnes phylogenetic type IC and II isolated from patients with non-acne diseases exhibit high-level biofilm formation

• Main Authors: Keisuke Nakase (Author), Juri Koizumi (Author), Ren Midorikawa (Author), Kento Yamasaki (Author), Miho Tsutsui (Author), Sae Aoki (Author), Yutaka Nasu (Author), Yuji Hirai (Author), Hidemasa Nakaminami (Author), Norihisa Noguchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium) acnes is an important for not only exacerbating factor of acne vulgaris but also pathogen of surgical site infections (SSIs) in orthopedics and plastic surgery. Although biofilm-forming (BF) C. acnes are associated with intractable SSI, characteristics of t...