Can Antibiotics Effect the Integrity of a Saline Breast Implant Valve?

a friend of mine was watching this show called 'monsters inside me' which discusses real, rare medical mysteries which are later discovered to be infections, bugs, etc growing in the body. This one episode, this women had saline implants and was on antibiotics for illness. She developed a severe fungal infection that housed itself in her implant. Later the discovered the antibiotic actually affected the integrity of the valve, penetrated it and created an overgrowth of fungus in her implants.

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11 Doctor Answers | Asked by Sgfit in Boston, ma

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Antibiotics affecting Valve in Implants

No evidence to suggest that. Fungus is an extremely rare isolate in cultures of infected implants, usually more common in immunocompromised people. The antibiotic would not create an overgrowth of fungus.

Breast Implant Myth?

Thank you for the unusual question. No, antibiotics will not affect the integrity of breast implant valves. This “story” like many other examples demonstrates the misinformation available on TV and Internet.

Antibiotics

I have heard of stories like this, but have never seen it myself nor do I know of any other plastic surgeons who have seen it, so it must be quite rare. I doubt it had anything to do with antibiotics affecting the integrity of the valve. If that were the case, the implant manufacturers would have studied it extensively by now.

Implant integrity from antibiotics.

I agree with all of the other physicians' answers in that the integrity of the implant valve is not likely to be violated by antibiotics. If the implant had a fungal infection internally it was likely from the time of implantation and the fluid used to fill it. It is difficult to say for sure how this may have occurred.

Implant integrity

Dear Sgfit in Boston,MA: The simple answer is no. Antibiotics are commonly used in breast implant procedures both systemic and irrigation without valve injury. If you suffered a deflation you should send the implant back to the manufacture and allow them to study it to see if a reason for failure can be discovered. The truth is over time all valves eventually fail.

Can Antibiotics Affect the Integrity of Saline Breast Implant Valve? #breastimplants

It would be highly unlikely for this to be the cause. I would be careful what you hear and sell yourself on when it comes to the internet.

Fungus inside saline implants; rare, but reported.

First of all, a nugget of truth (we'll get to that in a moment) is often the genesis of a over-hyped, sensationalized, truth-bending (and sometimes just plain false) TV show! Fact: fungus overgrowth is NOT "created" by antibiotics affecting the valve integrity. Antibiotics are routinely utilized when any type of implant is used in the human body (breast implant, artificial hip, heart valve, etc.) because none of these man-made objects has blood vessels within them to carry... more

Effect of antibiotics on saline impalnt valve

Internet is full of some most useless and some most useful information and it depend which one you use it for your advantage.I am not aware of any such thing ever happening to my patients.

Fungal infection of breast implant almost unheard of.

Hi. I really would not worry about this (sensationalism). There are only two reported cases of fungal infections in implants in the whole world literature, that I am aware of.

Can Antibiotics Effect the Integrity of a Saline Breast Implant Valve?

Don't believe everything you see on TV or hear from your friends. In 30 years and thousands of saline implants I have never heard of or seen that problem.