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- Published on: 11 January 2023
- Published on: 11 January 2023Antibiotic prophylaxis for vulnerable prospective candidates for intraarticular corticosteroid injections
Intra-articular corticosteroid injections were notably absent from the list of invasive procedures which were evaluated for temporal association with infective endocarditis. Although the randomised trial that involved use of intra-articular corticosteroids painted a favourable benefit/risk profile in the comparison between intra-articular steroids plus best current advice(BCT)(66 subjects with hip osteoarthritis) versus intraarticuar lidocaine plus BCT(66 subjects also with hip osteoarthritis) , "one event was considered possibly related to trial treatment"[1]. This event was a fatal episode of infective endocarditis in a patient who had a bioprosthetic aortic valve antedating the intra-articular corticosteroid injection[1].
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Previous post traumatic splenectomy was the risk factor in a 60 year old woman who developed infective endocarditis 2 weeks after she received intra-articular corticosteroids for shoulder pain[2].
In a study which involved 6066 patients of mean age 66.8 who received intraarticular facet joint corticosteroid injections one patient developed infective endocarditis with fatal, outcome. This was a patient with previous mitral valve replacement surgery and a previous episode of infective endocarditis[3].
A congenital heart defect was the risk factor in a 38 year old woman who developed tricuspid valve infective endocarditis after lumbar spine corticosteroid injection[4].
Concurrent immunosuppressive treatment for...Conflict of Interest:
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