Propionibacterium acnes colonization of the human shoulder

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-902

  Patel, Amar ^a   Calfee, Ryan P ^b   Plante, Matthew ^a   Fischer, Staci A ^a   Green, Andrew ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Propionibacterium acnes; shoulder surgery, post operative shoulder infections; surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KNEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHOULDER; SKIN;

EID: 70349734619     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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