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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(04): 606-611
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735170
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Detection of Cutibacterium acnes in Tissue Samples from Primary Clean Shoulder Surgeries – Part I

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Alberto Naoki Miyazaki 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz em São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Caio Santos Checchia 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
João Manoel Fonseca Filho 
2   Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz em São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Guilherme Vieira Gonçalves 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Luiz Henrique Gallego Conte 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Guilherme do Val Sella 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective The present study aimed to identify bacterial agents in shoulder surgery specimens from patients with no history of previous shoulder infection or surgery.

Methods Tendon, bursa, and bone specimens were collected during surgery, stored in sterile dry bottles, and sent to a hospital-associated laboratory for culture growth analysis in media for aerobic and anaerobic agents. Findings from 141 samples from 47 shoulders were analyzed.

Results The cultures were negative in 46 cases (97.8%) and in 140 samples (99.2%). The culture was positive in a single patient, with growth of Staphylococcus hominis from one of three specimens collected.

Conclusions The rates of bacterial growth were not consistent with the international literature, indicating the low effectiveness of laboratory methods used in Brazil.

Keywords

cutibacterium acnes - gram-positive bacterial infections - shoulder

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There was no financial support from public, commercial, or non-profit sources.


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The present study was performed at Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 18 January 2021

Accepted: 12 April 2021

Article published online:
25 October 2021

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