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SUBMITTER: Rood KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993816 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Rood Kara M KM Buhimschi Irina A IA Jurcisek Joseph A JA Summerfield Taryn L TL Zhao Guomao G Ackerman William E WE Wang Weiwei W Rumpf R Wolfgang RW Thung Stephen F SF Bakaletz Lauren O LO Buhimschi Catalin S CS
Scientific reports 20180608 1
The obesity pandemic in the obstetrical population plus increased frequency of Cesarean delivery (CD) has increased vulnerability to surgical site infection (SSI). Here we characterized the microbiome at the site of skin incision before and after CD. Skin and relevant surgical sites were sampled before and after surgical antisepsis from obese (n = 31) and non-obese (n = 27) pregnant women. We quantified bacterial biomass by qPCR, microbial community composition by 16sRNA sequencing, assigned ope ...[more]