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Bacteriological contamination during laparoscopy with dye injection
Author(s) -
PYPER R. J. D.,
AHMET ZERIN,
HOUANG ELIZABETH T.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06607.x
Subject(s) - laparoscopy , contamination , peritoneal fluid , medicine , peritoneal cavity , antibiotics , salpingitis , sterilization (economics) , surgery , incidence (geometry) , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology , physics , genetics , optics , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Summary. Peritoneal contamination with bacteria during the laparoscopy and dye procedure was studied in 38 subfertile women by culturing samples of peritoneal fluid, aspirated before, and after, injection of dye solution. Bacteria were carried with the dye into a previously sterile peritoneal cavity in 34 women (90%). These vaginal organisms were present in low concentrations, not exceeding 10 5 organisms/ml. These findings explain the low incidence of acute salpingitis after tubal patency tests, but the selective use of antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended.