P Acnes Infection

Best P Acnes Infection Treatment In Madinaguda, Hyderabad

P. acnes is short for Propionibacterium acnes. It is a type of bacteria that usually lives in the pores of your skin. Most of the time it doesn’t cause any harm but, when the skin is cut during surgery, the bacteria can travel inside and infect parts of the body. The shoulder has a lot of this type of bacteria living there so patients having shoulder operations are prone to this type of infection. Infection with P. acnes is important because it is uncommon and often difficult to diagnose.

Who is at risk ?

Infection with P. acnes after shoulder surgery is RARE and depends on which operation you have had. It occurs, on average, in less than 2% of patients.

How do you suspect if you have it ?

P. acnes infection does not show itself like other post-surgical infections. The common infection signs of fever, swelling and redness at the surgical site are not present. Blood tests for infection (CRP and ESR) are often normal.

What will happen next ?

First of all the doctor will examine your shoulder and then you might have a blood tests, x-rays and/or an MRI scan - X-rays may show loosening of the implant
MRI scan may often show inflammation at the surgical site
Often samples from your shoulder need to be sent to the laboratory to try find the P. acnes organism.
If the doctors find that your shoulder is infected the treatments available are antibiotics and possibly another operation to remove the infection.

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