Prevalence of Propionibacterium acnes in Intervertebral Discs of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

• Manu N. Capoor ,

  * E-mail: ondrej.slaby@ceitec.muni.cz (OS); mcapoor@mail.rockefeller.edu (MNC)

  Affiliations Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Filip Ruzicka,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk university, St. Anne’s Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Tana Machackova,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Radim Jancalek,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Martin Smrcka,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Jonathan E. Schmitz,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States of America

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• Marketa Hermanova,

  Affiliation 1st Department of Pathological Anatomy, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Jiri Sana,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Elleni Michu,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• John C. Baird,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Fahad S. Ahmed,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Karel Maca,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Radim Lipina,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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• Todd F. Alamin,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

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• Michael F. Coscia,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, OrthoIndy Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

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• Jerry L. Stonemetz,

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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• Timothy Witham,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

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• Garth D. Ehrlich,

  Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, and Institute of Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Ziya L. Gokaslan,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United States of America

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• Konstantinos Mavrommatis,

  Affiliation Celgene Corporation, Information Knowledge and Utilization, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Christof Birkenmaier,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany

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• Vincent A. Fischetti,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Ondrej Slaby

  * E-mail: ondrej.slaby@ceitec.muni.cz (OS); mcapoor@mail.rockefeller.edu (MNC)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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