Bacteremia After Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

摘要: During 24 months, 200 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies were performed on 193 patients. Blood cultures obtained before and five 30 minutes after the procedure using thiol (50 ml) trypticase soy broth (100 media. The mean endoscopic time was 34 minutes. Sixteen patients developed bacteremia (8%). Twelve groups of microorganisms detected in positive blood cultures: Streptococcus (5 species), Lactobacillus sp, Veillonella alcalescens, Staphylococcus aureus, Staph epidermidis, Propioni-bacterium acnes, Corynebacterium Bacillus subtilis. Seven had at minutes, eight one only. There no clear correlation with age or previous history patient, biopsy, active bleeding, time, findings. A follow-up study all for six months to two years indicated complications related endoscopy and/or bacteremia.