This content was created by Robert Whitfield MD. This content was uploaded by Robert Whitfield MD. This is a YouTube video titled "What Kinds of Bacteria Do You Find on PCR Test Results of Removed Implants?" featuring Robert Whitfield MD discussing the use of PCR testing to identify bacteria, fungus, and mold in surgical contexts, and the implications for immune system stimulation and treatment approaches.
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Many are very, very interested in my PCR testing. This looks at 150 different types of bacteria, fungus and mold, even Mycobacterium. And so once we have this information back, we'll look at it, knowing that I've already sterilized the pocket at the time of surgery. But this informs us as to what may have been stimulating your immune system more. You know, I have and have always used basically a PH driven solution over the past several years to control the pocket. We don't use antibiotic solution anymore because antibiotic solution doesn't treat everything. The standard solution used in plastic surgery doesn't treat fungus. So I don't use it. I use something that no matter what type of microorganism it is, microorganism, it could be bacteria, a particular fungus, a mold that's going to get taken care of by a lower PH solution. So we don't need to put you on an antibiotic. It helps us provide closure in that discussion about is this stimulating the immune system? And then folks will ask, well, if it comes back with nothing, was this not the right thing to do? And my answer has uniformly been the same over the last 500 cases. I would say, in my judgment, in my experience, roughly two thirds of these cases are caused by biofilm. It's enhancing and activating the immune system. So that means there's a little bit of bacteria, a little bit of fungus, Mycobacterium, mold, whatever. It's on the device that stimulates your immune system.
