J L Le Frock, C A Ellis, J B Turchik, J K Zawacki, L Weinstein
Transient bacteremia associated with percutaneous liver biopsy was studied by pour-plate blood cultures, which were obtained immediately before and after the procedure and 5, 10, 15, and 30 min later in 89 patients. Part of the liver tissue was also cultured in all patients. Histological diagnoses included hepatitis, cirrhosis, cholangitis, fatty liver, granulomata, metastatic liver disease, lymphoma, and miscellaneous disorders. All blood cultures obtained before liver biopsy were sterile. Bacteremia was demonstrable in 12 patients (13...
May 1975: Journal of Infectious Diseases