Background: Low back pain is an important, worldwide clinical problem from which human
populations are suffering. It has been suggested that Propionibacterium acnes is associated …

Background Cervical and back pains are important clinical problems affecting human
populations globally. It is suggested that Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is associated …

Study Design. Clinical research and animal experiment. Objective. To investigate whether
lumbar disc degeneration is associated with Propionibacterium acnes (P acnes) infection …

Purpose Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) in the intervertebral disc may result in low back
pain. The purpose of this study was to determine how P. acnes accesses the disc. Methods …

Previous studies have shown that Propionibacterium acnes may be responsible for low-
grade infection of the intervertebral discs of patients with severe sciatica. The aim of this …

Purpose. Low-virulence anaerobic bacteria, especially the Propionibacterium acnes (P.
acnes), have been thought to be a new pathogeny for a series of disc diseases. However …

The anaerobic skin commensal Propionibacterium acnes is an underestimated cause of
human infections and clinical conditions. Previous studies have suggested a role for the …

Background The relationship between intervertebral disc degeneration and chronic infection
by Propionibacterium acnes is controversial with contradictory evidence available in the …

Abstract Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes), an important opportunistic anaerobic Gram-
positive bacterium, causes bone and joint infections, discitis and spondylodiscitis …

Materials and Methods: Thirty-seven patients who were candidates for surgery due to disc
herniation and demonstrated Modic changes in MRI were included in the study. Before the …