Reduced Bacterial Burden of the Skin Surrounding the Shoulder Joint Following Topical Protocatechuic Acid Application

Background:. Reducing the rising health-care burden associated with shoulder surgical site infection (SSI) is of paramount importance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial efficacy of protocatechuic acid (PCA) as a topical reagent for surgical skin antisepsis surrounding th...

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Main Authors: Omid Jalali, MD, Molly Best, MD, Alison Wong, MD, Brett Schaeffer, MD, Brendon Bauer, MD, Lanny Johnson, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-09-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.19.00078