Origin of propionibacterium in surgical wounds and evidence-based approach for culturing propionibacterium from surgical sites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the origin of Propionibacterium in surgical wounds and to suggest an optimized strategy for culturing this organism at the time of revision surgery, we studied the presence of this organism on the skin and in the surgical wounds of patients who underwent revision arthroplasty for reasons other than apparent infection.

Methods

Specimens were cultured in broth and on aerobic and anaerobic media. The presence and degree of positivity of Propionibacterium cultures were correlated with sex. The results of dermal and deep cultures were correlated. Times to positivity and the yields of each media type and specimen source were investigated.

Results

Propionibacterium grew in twenty-three of thirty cultures of specimens obtained preoperatively from the unp

SUBMITTER: Matsen FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4098017 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature