Semin intervent Radiol 2005; 22(2): 69-79
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-871861
Copyright © 2005 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

A Guide to Antibiotics for the Interventional Radiologist

Ali Zarrinpar1 , Robert K. Kerlan1  Jr. 
  • 1Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
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Publication Date:
28 June 2005 (online)

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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.

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Robert K Kerlan JrM.D. 

Department of Radiology, M-361, University of California

San Francisco, 505 Parnassus, Box 0628

San Francisco, CA 94143