TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial Commentary
T2 - Already “Stealth” Organism Propionibacterium acnes Goes Covert by Changing Its Name to Cutibacterium acnes: Shoulder Bacterial Contamination
AU - Saltzman, Matthew D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Arthroscopy Association of North America
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Propionibacterium acnes, now Cutibacterium acnes, is found on skin and subcutaneous tissue and is thus hard to eradicate. Infection can result in shoulder pain but be indolent and hard to diagnose; in addition, the organism is difficult to identify requiring long-hold cultures. Despite skin preparation, and second preparation before conversion of arthroscopy to mini-open surgery, we do not yet have a way to effectively eradicate C acnes from deeper dermal layers.
AB - Propionibacterium acnes, now Cutibacterium acnes, is found on skin and subcutaneous tissue and is thus hard to eradicate. Infection can result in shoulder pain but be indolent and hard to diagnose; in addition, the organism is difficult to identify requiring long-hold cultures. Despite skin preparation, and second preparation before conversion of arthroscopy to mini-open surgery, we do not yet have a way to effectively eradicate C acnes from deeper dermal layers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.01.043
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.01.043
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 31159961
AN - SCOPUS:85066270150
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 35
SP - 1758
EP - 1759
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 6
ER -