| Bacterial load in tissues and its predictive value for infection in open fractures. | |
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PMID: 12468853 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The role of quantitative bacteriology is considered controversial for the prediction of infection in open fractures. A study was done in 20 patients with open fractures. Post debridement pieces of skin, muscle and periosteal tissue were obtained for quantitative bacterial counts. Among a total of 50 samples from all of the tissues, 29 showed positive bacterial counts (16 of 20 skin, 11 of 20 muscle and 2 of 10 periosteum samples). By quantitative estimation, the bacterial load was >10(5) per gram in 10 skin and 3 muscle tissue samples. Infection developed in 9 of the 20 cases within one month, and eight of these patients had contamination of >10(5) per gram in 8 of the skin but only 3 muscle samples. It was concluded that with tissue specific bacterial load estimation, prediction of subsequent infection can be made if skin tissue contains >10(5) per gram, or if muscle tissue carries any level of bacterial presence. |
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Ramesh K Sen; NRS Murthy; Shivinder S Gill; Onkar N Nagi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) Volume: 8 ISSN: - ISO Abbreviation: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Publication Date: 2000 Dec |
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Created Date: 2002-Dec-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9440382 Medline TA: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-5 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. |
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