Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Capsule Bacteria Found? DNA Testing Reveals Shocking Truth!

22 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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A short video/transcript clip of Robert Whitfield MD describing DNA testing of scar capsule specimens starting in February 2019. He reports a published study of over 600 consecutive samples showing bacteria present on scar capsules in 29% of cases (varying up to ~35%), roughly one-third incidence.

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February 2019

Over 600 consecutive samples

29% (reported range in the speaker's experience up to ~35%; roughly one-third)

DNA testing of each capsule specimen. And we've done that since February of 2019. Our paper was published with over 600 consecutive samples setting the incidence or how often we find bacteria on the capsule, your scar capsule, not the implant capsule at 29%. So if you look at my study experience over time, it probably varied between that number 29 and as high as 35. So roughly, if you want to set like a third.