A Guide to Antibiotics for the Interventional Radiologist

ABSTRACT

Antibiotics are among the most common pharmaceutical agents used by the interventional radiologist. This article updates some of the practical aspects of the use of antibiotics in interventional radiological practice and provides some general guidelines with respect to indications for and selection of antibiotics. In particular, the objectives of this article are to review the basic pharmacology of the common antibiotic agents, the interventional radiological procedures in which prophylactic antibiotics are usually administered, the specific antimicrobial agents recommended for prophylaxis before common interventional radiological procedures, the appropriate antibiotics for patients allergic to penicillins, and the indications for antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent bacterial endocarditis.

KEYWORDS

Interventional radiology - antibiotics - prophylaxis - review - allergies

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