Late hematogenous bacterial infections of breast implants: Two case reports of unique bacterial infections

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-16

  Chang, Jill ^a,b   Lee, Gilbert W ^a,b  

^a Department of Changes Plastic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; bacterial biofilms; breast implant; capsular contraction; late infection

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 79959730636     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181f3e387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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