Antibiotics are mandatory before EUS-guided FNA in cystic or semisolid lesions of the mediastinum and the pancreas

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 890-

  Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PANCREAS CYST; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINITIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646135079     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.12.029     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Pai K.R., and Page R.D. Mediastinitis after EUS-guided FNA biopsy of a posterior mediastinal metastatic teratoma. Gastrointest Endosc 62 (2005) 980-981
2. Fazel A., Moezardalan K., Varadarajulu S., Dragnov P., and Eloubeidi M.A. The utility and the safety of EUS-guided FNA in the evaluation of duplication cysts. Gastrointest Endosc 62 (2005) 575-580