Madhuri Badrinath, MBBS
Syracuse, New York
Madhuri Badrinath, MBBS1, Gowthami Kanagalingam, MBBS1, Natalya Iorio, MD1, Bishnu Sapkota, MD2
1SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY; 2VA Syracuse Hospital, Syracuse, NY
Introduction: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is commonly used to further characterize cystic lesions of the pancreas. Antibiotic prophylaxis has been recommended by the Americal Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for EUS-FNA of cystic pancreatic lesions. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of post-procedural infection in patients who received periprocedural antibiotics for EUS-FNA of pancreatic cystic lesions versus those who did not.
Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of individuals with pancreatic cysts who underwent EUS-FNAs at a tertiary academic hospital between January 2015 and March 2018 was performed. All procedures were performed by four board-certified gastroenterologists. The data reviewed included patient demographics, cyst description, FNA needle size, cytology and use of antibiotics. Post-procedural infections were identified by the presence of leukocytosis, fever, or positive blood cultures during follow-up clinic or hospital visits for 30 days after FNA. Excluded from the study were solid neoplasms, obvious side branch intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm without high risk features and subjects with evidence of infection or leukocytosis before the FNA.
Results: Two hundred and ten EUS-FNA procedures were included in this analysis. Ninety six were males and 114 were females; median age was 65 years. Cysts were 1-5 cm in diameter and evenly distributed throughout the pancreas. One hundred and fifteen of the 210 (55%) cysts were > 2 cm and 95 (44%) were < 2 cm. 27 out of 210 (13%) were pancreatitis related cysts. 22-gauge needle was used for 55% of the procedures with the remaining procedures using 19 and 25-gauge needles. Eighty nine of 210 (43%) patients received periprocedural antibiotics. Only one of the total 210 patients (0.4%) developed post-procedural gram-negative bacteremia related to EUS within 1 week of procedure. This patient had received periprocedural antibiotics. None of the patients in the ‘no antibiotic’ group had post-procedural infections (Table).
Discussion: The evidence supporting universal use of antibiotics for all cystic lesions as recommended is lacking and overall infection risk with FNA is low, at approximately 0.3% based on small studies. Our study of 210 patients including pancreatitis related cysts demonstrate that routine use of antibiotics may not be required for FNA of pancreatic cysts. Further prospective studies may be required to support this.
Citation: Madhuri Badrinath, MBBS; Gowthami Kanagalingam, MBBS; Natalya Iorio, MD; Bishnu Sapkota, MD. P1841 - ARE ANTIBIOTICS NECESSARY FOR EUS-FNA OF PANCREATIC CYSTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Program No. P1841. ACG 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. San Antonio, Texas: American College of Gastroenterology.