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Endoscopy‐related infections
Author(s) -
SCHEMBRE D.,
BJORKMAN D. J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.308
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1365-2036
pISSN - 0269-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1993.tb00108.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopy , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , medline , antibiotic therapy , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology
SUMMARY Endoscopic procedures generate bacteraemia to different degrees. Under certain conditions, most notably valvular heart disease, clinically significant infections may occur. A large body of literature has grown around recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent procedure‐related infections. Most of this literature is in the form of anecdotal reports. Few prospective randomized studies have been performed. In this paper, the literature on endoscopy‐related infections is reviewed. Recommendations for antibiotics from different sources are compared and a rational approach to prophylactic antibiotic therapy is presented.