DOES BACTEREMIA FOLLOW UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 76  (5) , 420-422
Abstract
To determine the risk of bacteremia, 53 patients had blood collected for culture before and 5, 10 and 15 min following fiberoptic endoscopy of the upper digestive tract. One patient had transient bacteremia with Acinetobacter sp. 5 min after endoscopy. Combining this study with 4 others, 447 patients were evaluated of which 6% had bacteremia after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Biopsy or other endoscopic operation evidently does not increase the likelihood of bacteremia. Careful attention to instrument and accessory cleaning and prophylactic antibiotics (probably penicillin or oxacillin alone suffices) only for patients with prosthetic heart valves was recommended.

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