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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 8, Pages 2753-2756Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00522-14
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Determining if a nonhealing wound is infected can be difficult. The surface of a wound is not sterile and can be colonized with numerous commensal, environmental, and potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Different types of wounds have various clinical presentations, with some signs and symptoms more likely to be present than others depending on the type and location of the wound. Clinicians often order microbiology wound cultures to assist in determining if a nonhealing wound is infected. This minireview briefly summarizes the clinical microbiology of wound cultures, with an emphasis on the history and utility (or lack thereof) of the quantitative wound culture.
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