The routine culture of allograft tissue in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1495-1499

  Guelich, David R ^a   Lowe, Walter R ^b   Wilson, Bubba ^b  

^a Chicago Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Culture; Infection

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PATHOGENICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIA; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; KNEE INJURIES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TENDONS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34548126169     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507301882     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. American Association of Tissue Banks. Technical Manual for Tissue Banking (Musculoskeletal Tissues). McLean, Va: American Association of Tissue Banks ; 1996.
2. Barriga A., Diaz-de-Rada P., Barroso JL, et al. Frozen cancellous bone allografts: positive cultures of implanted grafts in posterior fusions of the spine. Eur Spine J. 2004 ; 13: 152-156.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Unexplained deaths following knee surgery-Minnesota, November 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001 ; 50: 1035-1036.
4. Conrad EU, Gretch DR, Obermeyer KR, et al. Transmission of the hepatitis-C virus by tissue transplantation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1995 ; 77: 214-224.
5. Deijkers RL, Bloem RM, Petit PL, Brand R., Vehmeyer SB, Veen MR Contamination of bone allografts: analysis of incidence and predisposing factors. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1997 ; 79: 161-166.
6. Diaz-de-Rada P., Barriga A., Barroso JL, Garcia-Barrecheguren E., Alfonso M., Valenti JR Positive culture in allograft ACL-reconstruction: what to do? Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2002 ; 11: 219-222.
7. Doyon F., Evrard J., Mazas F., Hill C. Long-term results of prophylactic cefazolin versus placebo in total hip replacement. Lancet. 1987 ; 1: 860.
8. Fideler BM, Vangsness CT Jr, Lu B., Orlando C., Moore T. Gamma irradiation: effects on biomechanical properties of human bone-patellar tendon-bone allografts. Am J Sports Med. 1995 ; 23: 643-646.
9. Fideler BM, Vangsness CT Jr, Moore T., Li Z., Rasheed S. Effects of gamma irradiation on the human immunodeficiency virus: a study in frozen human bone-patellar ligament-bone grafts obtained from infected cadavera. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1194 ; 76: 1032-1035.
10. Harner CD, Olson E., Irrgang JJ, Silverstein S., Fu FH, Silbey M. Allograft versus autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: 3- to 5-year outcome. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996 ; 324: 134-144.
11. Indelli PF, Dillingham M., Fanton G., Schurman DJ Septic arthritis in postoperative anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2002 ; 398: 182-188.
12. Kainer MA, Linden JV, Whaley DN, et al. Clostridium infections associated with musculoskeletal-tissue allografts. N Engl J Med. 2004 ; 350: 2564-2571.
13. Kohn D. Unsuccessful arthroscopic treatment of pyarthrosis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 1988 ; 4: 287-289.
14. Li CM, Ho YR, Liu YC Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus through bone transplantation: a case report. J Formos Med Assoc. 2001 ; 100: 350-351.
15. Matava MJ, Evans TA, Wright WR, Shively RA Septic arthritis of the knee following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: results of a survey of sports medicine fellowship directors. Arthroscopy. 1998 ; 14: 717-725.
16. McAllister DR, Parker RD, Cooper AE, Recht MP, Abate J. Outcomes of postoperative septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 1999 ; 27: 562-570.
17. Morris AJ, Wilson SJ, Marx CE, Wilson ML, Mirrett S., Reller LB Clinical impact of bacteria and fungi recovered only from broth cultures. J Clin Microbiol. 1995 ; 33: 161-165.
18. Olson EJ Use of soft tissue allografts in sports medicine. Adv Oper Orthop. 1993 ; 1: 111-128.
19. Peterson RK, Shelton WR, Bomboy AL Allograft versus autograft patellar tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a 5-year follow-up. Arthroscopy. 2001 ; 17: 9-13.
20. Shelton WR, Papendick L., Dukes AD Autograft versus allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 1997 ; 13: 446-449.
21. Smith RA, Ingels J., Lochemes JJ, Dutkowsky JP, Pifer LL Gamma irradiation of HIV-1. J Orthop Res. 2001 ; 19: 815-819.
22. Tomford WW, Thongphasuk J., Mankin HJ, Ferraro MJ Frozen musculoskeletal allografts: a study of the clinical incidence and causes of infection associated with their use. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1990 ; 72: 1137-1143.
23. Trautner BW, Clarridge JE, Darouiche RO Skin antisepsis kits containing alcohol and chlorhexidine gluconate or tincture of iodine are associated with low rates of blood culture contamination. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 ; 23: 397-401.
24. Valenti JR, Sala D., Schweitzer D. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar tendon allografts. Int Orthop. 1994 ; 18: 210-214.
25. Veen MR, Bloem RM, Petit PL Sensitivity and negative predictive value of swab cultures in musculoskeletal allograft procurement. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1994 ; 300: 259-263.
26. Williams RJ 3rd, Laurencin CT, Warren RF, Speciale AC, Brause BD, O'Brien S. Septic arthritis after arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: diagnosis and management. Am J Sports Med. 1997 ; 25: 261-267.