ArticlePloS one2017
What can we learn from sonication results of breast implants?
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- Staphylococcus aureus Breast Implant Infection Isolates Display Recalcitrance To Antibiotic Pocket Irrigants.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
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- In Vitro Evaluation of Common Antimicrobial Solutions Used for Breast Implant Soaking and Breast Pocket Irrigation-Part 1: Efficacy Against Planktonic Bacteria.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2021Article
- In Vitro Evaluation of Common Antimicrobial Solutions Used for Breast Implant Soaking and Breast Pocket Irrigation-Part 2: Efficacy Against Biofilm-Associated Bacteria.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2021Article
- Surgical Treatment of Capsular Contracture (CC): Literature Review and Outcomes Utilizing Implants in Revisionary Surgery.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2021Review
- Challenges in the Microbiological Diagnosis of Implant-Associated Infections: A Summary of the Current Knowledge.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- A Janus-Faced Bacterium: Host-Beneficial and -Detrimental Roles ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Recommendations for the Use of Antibiotics in Primary and Secondary Esthetic Breast Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDifferent research groups have identified microorganisms on breast implants by sonication with significant correlation to the rate of capsular contracture. This substantiated the hypothesis of an infectious etiology of capsular contracture. However, no clinical consequence has been drawn from these results yet. Aim of this study was to review sonication results from breast implants and to evaluate the current preoperative antibiotic regime for breast-implant surgery.
methodsWe compared breast implant sonication culture results from published reports and our own database. Current perioperative antibiotic recommendations were compared with the susceptibility profile of the found organisms.
resultsWe found Coagulase-negative staphylococci and Propionibacteria to be the main group of microorganism found by sonication on explanted breast implants. Most guidelines recommend cephalosporins for preoperative antibiotical prophylaxis for breast-implant surgery.
conclusionThere is a discrepancy between antibiotic activity of commonly used antibiotics for preoperative prophylaxis of surgical site infections, and microorganisms found by sonication on breast implants, suspected to trigger the formation of capsular contracture. A targeted antibiotic prophylaxis for breast implant surgery with glycopeptides (e.g. Vancomycin) should be considered for the prevention of capsular contracture.
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