Single-dose versus short-course prophylactic antibiotics for peroral endoscopic myotomy: a randomized controlled trial.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Roberta MaselliAlessandro Repici

Abstract

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has been recommended for achalasia treatment. To prevent the potential of infective risk, antibiotic prophylaxis is usually administered, whereas the additional need of antibiotic therapy after POEM is uncertain. The primary endpoint was to determine whether prophylaxis versus prophylaxis plus short therapy was needed after POEM. Consecutive patients scheduled for POEM were randomly assigned (1:1) to group A (prophylactic cefazolin 2 g IV) or group B (prophylaxis + cefazolin 2 g IV × 3 followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate 3 g/day). Infective risk was assessed by means of host response, namely body temperature and serum levels of white blood cells and C-reactive protein; immune response (the cytokines interleukin [IL]-6, IL-1β, and tumor necrosis factor-α and microbial translocation mediators lipopolysaccharide binding protein and soluble CD14); and blood cultures at time points before (t0) and after (t1, t2) POEM. After POEM, none of the 124 enrolled patients (54.6 ± 12.6 years old; 64 men) developed any fever (body temperature: t0, 36.56± .49°C; t1, 36.53± .52°C; t2, 36.48± .41°C), without any differences between groups at any time point. Regarding systemic inflammation, no difference was ...Continue Reading

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