Propionibacterium persists in the skin despite standard surgical preparation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1447-1450

  Lee, Michael J ^a   Pottinger, Paul S ^b   Butler Wu, Susan ^a   Bumgarner, Roger E ^b   Russ, Stacy M ^a   Matsen, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL PLUS CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARE; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN SURFACE; SURGICAL SKIN PREPARATION; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DISINFECTION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84907189169     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01474     Document Type: Article

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