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(Chest. 1974;65:223-225.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Absence of Bacteremia After Diagnostic Biopsy of the Cervix: Chemoprophylactic Implications

Michele J. Regetz R.N., MSN1; Stuart E. Starr M.D.2; V. R. Dowell Jr. Ph.D.2; Albert Balows Ph.D.2; and Nanette K. Wenger M.D.1

1 Emory University, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Atlanta
2 Center for Disease Control, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga.

Blood cultures taken from 40 women before and within one to five minutes after biopsy of the cervix were bacteriologically negative. Despite special culturing techniques, transient bacteremia with aerobes or anaerobes was not detected during this period. Chemoprophylaxis against bacterial endocarditis does not appear indicated in patients with cardiovascular disease undergoing this procedure.






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