Advertisement for orthosearch.org.uk
Results 1 - 1 of 1
Results per page:
Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 98-B, Issue SUPP_23 | Pages 70 - 70
1 Dec 2016
INTERNALISATION OF PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES BY OSTEOBLASTS DEPENDS ON P. ACNES GENETIC BACKGROUND
Aubin G Gouin F Lepelletier D Jacqueline C Heymann D Asehnoune K Corvec S
Full Access
View article

Aim

Propionibacterium acnes is an emerging pathogen especially in orthopedic implant infection. Interestingly, we previously reported a difference in the distribution of the clades involved in spine versus hip or knee prosthetic infection. To date, no study has previously explored the direct impact and close relationship of P. acnes on bone cells according to their own genetic background. The aim of this study was to investigate this interaction of P. acnes clinical strains involved in spine material infections, arthroplasty infections and acne lesions with bone cells.

Method

From a large collection of 88 P. acnes clinical isolates collected between January 2003 and December 2014, a subset of 11 isolates was studied. Four isolates were recovered from spine infections, two from prosthetic infections (knee and hip), three from acne lesions and two reference strains (ATCC11827 and ATCC6919). Implant-associated infections were confirmed according to Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for bone and joint infections. Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) was carried out on all isolates as described by Lomholt et al. PLoS ONE 2010. Bacterial internalization experiments with MG63 osteosarcoma cells were adapted from Crémet et al. Pathog Dis 2015.

Image linking to Orthomedia