The Impact of Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Incidence of Post-bronchoscopy Fever and Change of Serum Cytokines

Summary

Fever can develop after fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) in about 2.5 - 16 % of adult patients. We evaluated the impact of oral amoxicillin/clavulanate (AC) on incidence of postbronchoscopic fever and pneumonia.

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Start

2008-04

Primary completion

2009-01

Completion

2010-02

Publications

• Park JS, Lee CH, Yim JJ, Yang SC, Yoo CG, Chung HS, Kim YW, Han SK, Shim YS, Kim DK. Impact of antibiotic prophylaxis on postbronchoscopy fever: a randomised controlled study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Apr;15(4):528-35. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0386.

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