Comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of povidone-iodine-alcohol versus chlorhexidine-alcohol for surgical skin preparation on the aerobic and anaerobic skin flora of the shoulder region

BACKGROUND: Cutibacterium acnes is part of the anaerobic skin microbiome and resides in deeper skin layers. The organism is an agent of surgical site infections (SSI) in shoulder surgery. We hypothesized that prolonged skin preparation with an agent that penetrates deeply into the skin would be bene...

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Autores principales: Dörfel, Dorothea, Maiwald, Matthias, Daeschlein, Georg, Müller, Gerald, Hudek, Robert, Assadian, Ojan, Kampf, Günter, Kohlmann, Thomas, Harnoss, Julian Camill, Kramer, Axel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33482910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00874-8

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