Bacteraemia in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Undergoing Carbon Dioxide Laser Surgery: Detection and Quantification of Bacteria by Lysis-Filtration

Abstract

The carbon dioxide laser stripping technique caused no additional spread of bacteria into the bloodstream. The evaluation of cultures containing microorganisms from normal skin flora is controversial. Since the bacteria encountered in this study are in close agreement with the findings in cultures from the deeper parts of HS lesions they seem to be relevant. The growth of bacteria in the first blood sample taken before surgery may indicate that some of these patients have bacteria continuously circulating in their blood.