A pilot study to compare swab versus fluid culture obtained from infected sites in the operating room

Guidelines urge that infected fluid or tissue obtained during surgery be submitted for microbiologic study directly rather than via swab. A prospective study of operative specimens showed concordance in 64.7% of cases with better yield from abscess fluid, but swab cultures sometimes identified important pathogens missed by fluid culture.

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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
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2026-01-23
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https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10353
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Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
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A pilot study to compare swab versus fluid culture obtained from infected sites in the operating room

D. M. Musher, Raymond A. Lopez, Monica Lou, Priya Amin et al.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
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A pilot study to compare swab versus fluid culture obtained from infected sites in the operating room

D. M. Musher, Raymond A. Lopez, Monica Lou, Priya Amin, Avvi R Shabat, Kenneth Muldrew
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Abstract

Guidelines urge that infected fluid or tissue obtained during surgery be submitted for microbiologic study directly rather than via swab. A prospective study of operative specimens showed concordance in 64.7% of cases with better yield from abscess fluid, but swab cultures sometimes identified important pathogens missed by fluid culture.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
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A pilot study to compare swab versus fluid culture obtained from infected sites in the operating room — D. M. Musher, Raymond A. Lopez, et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS