Microbiological findings in bile cultures of patients with acute cholangitis undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiography | Zendy

Frida Jazmin Robles Rivera | Zendy; Diana VilarCompte | Zendy; María del Carmen Manzano Robleda | Zendy

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Microbiological findings in bile cultures of patients with acute cholangitis undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiography

Author(s) -

Frida Jazmin Robles Rivera,

Diana VilarCompte,

María del Carmen Manzano Robleda

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

revista española de enfermedades digestivas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 2340-4167

pISSN - 1130-0108

DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7330/2020

Subject(s) - medicine , cholangiography , gastroenterology , general surgery

Acute cholangitis (AC) is potentially fatal. Microbiological identification and susceptibility to antibiotics is essential in every hospital to direct treatment (1). Our hospital is a third-level cancer center. A retrospective, analytical study of 30 patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with AC and positive biliary culture (BC) was performed over a period of six months.

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