Genotypic and antimicrobial characterisation of Propionibacterium acnes isolates from surgically excised lumbar disc herniations

Abstract

The anaerobic skin commensal Propionibacterium acnes is an underestimated cause of human infections and clinical conditions. Previous studies have suggested a role for the bacterium in lumbar disc herniation and infection. To further investigate this, five biopsy samples were surgically excised from each of 64 patients with lumbar disc herniation. P. acnes and other bacteria were detected by anaerobic culture, followed by biochemical and PCR-based identification. In total, 24/64 (38%) patients had evidence of P. acnes in their excised herniated disc tissue. Using recA and mAb typing methods, 52% of the isolates were type II (50% of culture-positive patients), while type IA strains accounted for 28% of isolates (42% patients). Type III (11% isolates; 21% patients) and type IB strains (9% isolates; 17% patients) were detected less frequently. The MIC values for all isolates were lowest for amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, rifampicin, tetracycline, and vancomycin (≤1mg/L). The MIC for fusidic acid was 1-2 mg/L. The MIC for trimethoprim and gentamicin was 2 to ≥4 mg/L. The demonstration that type II and III strains, which are not frequently recovered from skin, predominated within our isolate collection (63%) suggests that the role of P. acnes in lumbar disc herniation should not be readily dismissed. © 2013 Jess Rollason et al.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/530382
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > Chronic and Communicable Conditions
College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences > Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine
Additional Information: Copyright © 2013 Jess Rollason et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all),Immunology and Microbiology(all)
Publication ISSN: 2314-6141
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 08:10
Date Deposited: 27 Jan 2014 09:12
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Published Date: 2013-09-23
Authors: Rollason, Jess
McDowell, Andrew
Albert, Hanne B.
Barnard, Emma
Worthington, Tony (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1906-3357)
Hilton, Anthony C. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-8025-5270)
Vernallis, Ann
Patrick, Sheila
Elliott, Tom
Lambert, Peter (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-8243-2741)

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