Infections in Invasive Pleural Procedures: A Single Centre Experience
Journal Title: International Journal of Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
We are an established pleural centre offering medical thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheters. Our infection rates with prophylactic antibiotics were lower than the national average and given the era of antibiotic stewardship and lack of evidence to support the administration, we stopped giving them. We then noticed a large jump in infection rates and hence, in this paper, we reviewed our practice.
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