TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of bacteremia with elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopic laser therapy
AU - Wolf, Douglas
AU - Fleischer, David
AU - Sivak, Michael V.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - The incidence of bacteremia associated with endoscopy varies widely for different endoscopic procedures. This study prospectively evaluates the incidence of bacteremia in patients undergoing elective endoscopic laser therapy for two diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. In five patients (eight treatment sessions) with arteriovenous malformations, no bacteremia developed, fn 15 patients (26 treatment sessions) with esophagogastric carcinoma, bacteremia developed at some time during the procedure in six (40%). However, bacteremia appeared to be associated with the endoscopic insertion through the tumor rather than the laser treatment per se. These findings lead us to conclude that for patients undergoing endoscopy and laser therapy for esophagogastric malignancy, but not for those being treated for arteriovenous malformations, antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent endocarditis may be indicated.
AB - The incidence of bacteremia associated with endoscopy varies widely for different endoscopic procedures. This study prospectively evaluates the incidence of bacteremia in patients undergoing elective endoscopic laser therapy for two diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. In five patients (eight treatment sessions) with arteriovenous malformations, no bacteremia developed, fn 15 patients (26 treatment sessions) with esophagogastric carcinoma, bacteremia developed at some time during the procedure in six (40%). However, bacteremia appeared to be associated with the endoscopic insertion through the tumor rather than the laser treatment per se. These findings lead us to conclude that for patients undergoing endoscopy and laser therapy for esophagogastric malignancy, but not for those being treated for arteriovenous malformations, antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent endocarditis may be indicated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0021875368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0021875368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0016-5107(85)72173-6
DO - 10.1016/S0016-5107(85)72173-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 4029572
AN - SCOPUS:0021875368
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 31
SP - 247
EP - 250
JO - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal endoscopy
IS - 4
ER -