• Rev Med Interne · Sep 2019

    Case Reports

    [Febrile myalgia revealing Propionibacterium acnes endocarditis].

    • M Garric, X Boumaza, K Paricaud, P Lansalot-Matras, L Porte, L Astudillo, G Pugnet, L Sailler, and G Moulis.
    • Service de médecine Interne, CHU Toulouse-Purpan, Toulouse, France. Electronic address: marie.garric11@gmail.com.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2019 Sep 1; 40 (9): 613-616.

    IntroductionPropionibacterium acnes endocarditis is rare and difficult to diagnose. We report a case of Propioniacterium acnes endocarditis revealed by a lower limb fasciitis.Case ReportA 54-year-old patient presented with recurrent febrile myalgia of the lower limbs, that appeared three years after an aortic surgery (aortic valve sparing reimplentation and ascending aortic prosthesis implantation). Computer tomography showed fasciitis of both legs. Positron emission tomography showed 18Fluorodeoxyglucose intake of the aortic prosthesis and in muscles of the lower limbs. Ten days after blood sample drawing, cultures showed the presence of Propionibacterium acnes. The aortic prosthesis was surgically removed, whose culture confirmed infection by Propionibacterium acnes. The diagnosis of infective endocarditis revealed by lower limb emboli was made. Evolution was favorable.ConclusionIn patients with vascular prostheses, Propionibacterium acnes infection must be evoked face to an atypical inflammatory process. Very prolonged blood culture incubation is needed to identify the pathogen.Copyright © 2019 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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