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Airborne non-sporeforming anaerobic bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. Hambraeus  and
E. Benediktsdóttir
A. Hambraeus
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
E. Benediktsdóttir
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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A large proportion of postoperative infections after clean surgery are thought to be exogenous. For aerobic bacteria different routes of transmission have been thoroughly studied. Airborne infection has been considered very important in infections after total hip replacement (Charnley, 1972). Anaerobic non-sporing bacteria have been found in deep late infections after total hip replacement (Kamme et al. 1974; Schwan et al. 1977; Petrini, Nord & Welin-Berger, 1978). However, infections caused by anaerobic bacteria have been considered endogenous, and little is known about the routes of transmission for these bacteria.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 181 - 189
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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