title: [Bacteriological study of bile from the gallbladder and bile ducts of patients surgically treated for biliary pathology].
abstract: We have evaluated the results of a bacteriological study of bile in 115 patients undergoing biliary surgery in the Valdivia Hospital (Chile). 35.6% of the positive bile cultures corresponded to patients with acute cholecystitis and only 22.5% to chronic disease. The culture was positive in 56.3% of cases of common bile duct stones and in 86.7% of cholangitis. Most positive bile cultures were monomicrobial, corresponding to patients with chronic cholecystitis. Most isolates were from Enterobacteriaceae, 49% of which corresponding to Escherichia coli. The in vitro sensitivity study showed that, as a rule, the strains were sensitive to the used antimicrobials.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tejero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riofrío
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aiquel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandago
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Toro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000382:microbiology*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000382:microbiology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Estudio bacteriológico de la bilis de vesícula y vías biliares de pacientes intervenidos por patología biliar.