Cutaneous Surgical Wounds Have Distinct Microbiomes from Intact Skin
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<jats:p>Commensal bacteria on skin may limit the ability of pathogenic bacteria to cause clinically significant infections. The bacteria on healing acute wounds, which might provide such a protective effect, have not been described using culture-independent approaches in the absence of antibiotics.</jats:p>
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2023-02-14Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringJournal
Microbiology Spectrum
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American Society for Microbiology
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Gupta, Sameer, Poret, Alexandra J, Hashemi, David, Eseonu, Amarachi, Yu, Sherry H et al. 2023. "Cutaneous Surgical Wounds Have Distinct Microbiomes from Intact Skin." Microbiology Spectrum, 11 (1).
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