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Diagnostic amniocentesis and bacteraemia
The Journal of Hospital Infection
|January 1, 1987
Thirty antenatal patients with intact membranes were studied to determine the incidence of bacteraemia induced by transabdominal amniocentesis. No bacteraemias were detected following the procedure. Antibiotic prophylaxis is probably not warranted for immunocompetent hospitalized patients undergoing amniocentesis.
Thirty antenatal patients with intact membranes were studied to determine the incidence of bacteraemia induced by transabdominal amniocentesis. No bacteraemias were detected following the procedure. Antibiotic prophylaxis is probably not warranted for immunocompetent hospitalized patients undergoing amniocentesis.