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Meta‐Analysis of Positive Blood Cultures During Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
ROUDAUT RAYMOND,
LARTIGUE MARIECLAIRE,
DARTIGUES JEANFRANCOIS,
GUILLO PASCAL,
GOSSE PHILIPPE,
DALLOCCHIO MODESTE
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1993.tb00039.x
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , blood culture , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , prospective cohort study , antibiotic prophylaxis , antibiotics , radiology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics , biology
We have reviewed ten prospective studies of bacteremia with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in 720 patients. The incidence of TEE related positive culture is low, and general recommendation for antibiotic prophylaxis during TEE is not warranted.