Bacterial Endocarditis After Hurst Bougienage in a Patient with a Benign Oesophageal Stricture

1 January 1983

journal article
case report
Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy

Vol. 15 (01) , 27-28
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1018601

Abstract

A case of bacterial endocarditis which proved fatal in a 65-year-old edentulous male Caucasian with rheumatic valvular heart disease is reported. This occurred following dilatation of a benign oesophageal stricture with a Hurst mercury bougie. Transient low grade bacteraemia following upper gastrointestinal intubation is well documented but we are not aware of any published reports on bacterial endocarditis following this procedure and the possible implications of this case are discussed.

Keywords

: DILATATION
OESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE
BACTERAEMIA
BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
STERILIZATION
OESOPHAGEAL DILATATION
ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS

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