IMPORTANCE A practical technique for reducing infectious complications from rhinoplasty would represent an important surgical advance. OBJECTIVES To describe the microbial flora of patients undergoing septorhinoplasty and to evaluate the role of preoperative and postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We performed a retrospective medical record review of 363 ...

In a healthy human, the internal tissues, e.g. blood, brain, muscle, etc., are normally free of microorganisms. However, the surface tissues, i.e., skin and mucous membranes, are constantly in contact with environmental organisms and become readily colonized by various microbial species. The mixture of organisms regularly found at any anatomical site is referred to as the normal flora. The norm...

purpose: to determine the normal conjunctival flora in neonates and infants. methods: conjunctival specimens were obtained from both eyes of 43 newborns delivered by cesarean section (c/s) and 53 newborns delivered by normal vaginal delivery (nvd) as well as 54 healthy infants in two maternity and pediatric hospitals. the specimens were cultured aerobically, anaerobically and for fungi. results...

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world and its morbidity and mortality rates are increasing due to alterations to human lifestyle and dietary habits. The relationship between human gut flora and colorectal cancer has attracted increasing attention. In the present study, a metabolic fingerprinting technique that combined pyrosequencing with gas chromatography-ma...

Intestinal flora plays an important role in the decomposition and fecal excretion of methylmercury. The assumed mechanism is that decomposition of organic mercury (o-Hg) to inorganic mercury (i-Hg) by intestinal flora in cecum decreases the reabsorption of mercury in large intestines. To confirm this hypothesis, we examined the large intestinal mercury absorption in vitro from intestinal conten...