Oral, intestinal, and skin bacteria in ventral hernia mesh implants.

CONCLUSION: The results show great bacterial diversity on mesh implants from the anterior abdominal wall including oral commensals and periodontopathogens. Mesh can be reached by bacteria in several ways including hematogenous spread from an oral site. However, other sites such as gut and skin may also serve as sources for the mesh biofilm. PMID: 27476443 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Oral Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Tags: J Oral Microbiol Source Type: research