title: Antibiotic prophylaxis for selected implants and devices.
abstract: Certain implants or devices are widely believed to put patients at risk from oral bacteremia. They include but are not limited to intravascular access devices, solid organ transplants, vascular grafts, coronary artery stents, breast implants, and penile prostheses. The purpose of this article is to review the risk of implant or device infection from transient bacteremia of oral origin and to provide recommendations for appropriate dental management. Since dental treatment bacteremias are a very rare cause of metastatic infections, attributing causality to dental treatment procedures can be viewed as unfounded in almost all cases.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, USA. karen-baker@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D015917:Penile Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects