Antibiotic prophylaxis in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures
Hoffmann, R.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 83(25-26): 777-778
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 8029593 Document Number: 426559
Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for patients at risk for developing bacterial endocarditis as a sequel of bacteremia during endoscopy. In addition antibiotics are necessary for endoscopic procedures with a high risk of infection such as endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography in patients with stenosis of the bile or pancreatic duct and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.