Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
British journal of dermatology
134 (1996), S. 0
ISSN:
1365-2133
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The need for chemoprophylaxis for bacterial endocarditis is partly dependent on the risk of bacteraemia associated with the procedure, which has not been adequately defined for skin surgery.The incidence of postoperative bacteraemia in 149 immunocompetent out-patients with noninfected lesions was 0.7% (95% CI 0.3–3.8%). Procedures included excisions. flaps, grafts and micrographically controlled surgery. Coagulase-negative staphylococcus was the most common skin isolate at the site of surgery, present in 68.5% of patients. The most effective chemoprophylaxis would be intravenous vancomycin, which is inconvenient and has an inherent risk of morbidity.Given the low incidence of bacteraemia and the disadvantages of the optimum chemoprophylaxis, surgery on non-infected lesions does not warrant prophylactic antibiotics to prevent the very low rosk of bacterial endocarditis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-743.x
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