Cutaneous Surgical Wounds Have Distinct Microbiomes from Intact Skin

Cutaneous Surgical Wounds Have Distinct Microbiomes from Intact Skin

ABSTRACT Infections are relatively rare following cutaneous surgical procedures, despite the potential for wound exposure to pathogens both during surgery and throughout the healing process. Although gut commensals are believed to reduce the risk of intestinal infections, an analogous role for skin...

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Main Authors: Sameer Gupta, Alexandra J. Poret, David Hashemi, Amarachi Eseonu, Sherry H. Yu, Jonathan D'Gama, Victor A. Neel, Tami D. Lieberman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
16S RNA
Corynebacterium
human microbiome
infectious disease
skin microbiome
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03300-22

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