Cutibacterium Dermal Colonization: Implications for Total Hip Arthroplasty
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study is being done to investigate the colonization rate(growth rate) of a particular
type of low-virulence (does not typically cause infection) bacterium called
Propionibacterium, more specifically P acnes, the same bacterium that is responsible for the
majority of acne. Information affecting hip surgery is currently unknown.