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ABSTRACT: Background
Although endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure, fatal infectious complications have been reported. However, adequate preventive strategies have not been determined. We aimed to investigate the effect of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on the prevention of microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA.Methods
In this single-center, assessor-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we randomly assigned adult participants undergoing EBUS-TBNA using a convex probe to gargle for 1 minute with 100 mL of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate before EBUS-TBNA or to receive usual care (no chlorhexidine mouthrinse). Aspiration needle wash samples were collected immediately after completion of EBUS-TBNA by instilling sterile saline into the used needle. The primary outcome was colony forming unit (CFU) counts per mL of needle wash samples in aerobic cultures. Secondary outcomes were CFU counts per mL of needle wash samples in anaerobic cultures, fever within 24 hours after EBUS-TBNA, and infectious complications within 4 weeks after EBUS-TBNA.Results
From January 2021 to June 2021, 106 patients received either chlorhexidine mouthrinse (n = 51) or usual care (n = 55). The median CFU counts of needle wash samples in aerobic cultures were not significantly different in the two groups (10 CFU/mL vs 20 CFU/mL; P = 0.70). There were no significant differences between the groups regarding secondary outcomes, including median CFU counts in anaerobic cultures (P = 0.41) and fever within 24 hours after EBUS-TBNA (11.8% vs 5.6%, P = 0.31). There were no infectious complications within 4 weeks in both groups.Conclusions
Chlorhexidine mouthrinse did not reduce CFU counts in needle wash samples of EBUS-TBNA.Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04718922 . Registered on 22/01/2021.
SUBMITTER: Kim NY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9764697 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Na Young NY Park Jae Hyeon JH Park Jimyung J Kwak Nakwon N Choi Sun Mi SM Park Young Sik YS Lee Chang-Hoon CH Cho Jaeyoung J
BMC cancer 20221220 1
<h4>Background</h4>Although endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure, fatal infectious complications have been reported. However, adequate preventive strategies have not been determined. We aimed to investigate the effect of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on the prevention of microbial contamination during EBUS-TBNA.<h4>Methods</h4>In this single-center, assessor-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we randomly assig ...[more]