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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 30, 19-23, Copyright © 1980 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Bacteremia after esophageal dilation: a clinical and experimental study

ES Golladay, JJ Tepas 3d, LR Pickard, JJ Seibert, RW Brown and JA Haller Jr

Patients with esophageal stricture caused by caustic ingestion, reflux esophagitis, or esophageal anastomosis often require repeated dilation. These patients frequently have a short febrile course after dilation. After development of brain abscess following esophageal dilation in 1 patient, positive blood cultures were obtained in 4 patients immediately following esophageal dilation. Caustic strictures were produced in cats and esophageal dilations performed. Blood cultures were positive at one minute after dilation in 6 cats and at five minutes in 2 of those cats. The organism responsible in all clinical and three of four experimental examples was Staphylococcus aureus. It is suggested on the basis of this clinical and experimental data that patients undergoing esophageal dilation should have prophylactic coverage if they are immunosuppressed, if endocarditis prophylaxis is necessary, if they are infants, if they are diabetic, or if they had severe bacteremia following dilation.




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