Author:
Berthelot Philippe,Carricajo A.,Aubert G.,Akhavan H.,Gazielly D.,Lucht Frédéric
Abstract
We investigated an outbreak of postoperative shoulder arthritis due to Propionibacterium acnes infection in nondebilitated patients. Risk factors were male sex, the order in which surgery was performed during the daily operating schedule, and increased duration of the surgical procedure. After modification of the ventilation system and implementation of improved cleaning methods in the operating theater, no new cases were recorded
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
Reference10 articles.
1. Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999
2. Severe infections caused by Propionibacterium acnes: an underestimated pathogen in late postoperative infections;Jakab;Yale J Biol Med,1996
3. Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC);Sehulster;MMWR Recomm Rep,2003
4. Acremonium kiliense Endophthalmitis That Occurred After Cataract Extraction in an Ambulatory Surgical Center and Was Traced to an Environmental Reservoir
Cited by
34 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献