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Ratliff CR, Getchell-White SI, Rodeheaver GT. Quantitation of bacteria in clean, nonhealing, chronic wounds. Wounds. 2008;20(10):279-83
Ratliff, C. R., Getchell-White, S. I., & Rodeheaver, G. T. (2008). Quantitation of bacteria in clean, nonhealing, chronic wounds. Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice, 20(10), 279-83.
Ratliff, Catherine R, et al. "Quantitation of bacteria in clean, nonhealing, chronic wounds." Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice vol. 20,10 (2008): 279-83.
Ratliff CR, Getchell-White SI, Rodeheaver GT. Quantitation of bacteria in clean, nonhealing, chronic wounds. Wounds. 2008 Oct;20(10):279-83. PMID: 25941776.
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Wounds. 2008 Oct;20(10):279-83.

Quantitation of bacteria in clean, nonhealing, chronic wounds.

Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice

Catherine R Ratliff, Sandra I Getchell-White, George T Rodeheaver

Affiliations

  1. Plastic Surgery Research, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 25941776

Abstract

 Quantitative swabs were obtained from 30 clean, chronic wounds on 30 different patients during one visit. The number of organisms and the predominant organism were determined. All samples were processed under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Nineteen (63%) of the 30 clean wounds had bacterial levels that were ≥ 105 cfu/cm2. There was no correlation between ≥ 105 cfu/cm2 and delayed wound healing. The most frequently isolated predominant organism was Staphylococcus aureus. In these clean, chronic wounds, an obligate anaerobic organism was identified as predominant or co-predominant in only 2 (6.7%) of 30 wounds.

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