Cutaneous Surgical Wounds Have Distinct Microbiomes from Intact Skin
Sameer Gupta, Alexandra J. Poret, David A. Hashemi, Amarachi Eseonu, Sherry H. Yu, Jonathan D. D’Gama, Victor A. Neel, Tami D. Lieberman
Abstract
Commensal bacteria on skin may limit the ability of pathogenic bacteria to cause clinically significant infections. The bacteria on healing acute wounds, which might provide such a protective effect, have not been described using culture-independent approaches in the absence of antibiotics.
Topics & Concepts
MicrobiomeBiologyMedicineDermatologyBioinformaticsWound Healing and TreatmentsPressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementSurgical site infection prevention