title: Incidence of fungal infection in extra hepatic biliary stone disease.
abstract: 50 patients undergoing biliary surgery were studied to know the incidence of fungal infection. Samples such as bile & stones for mycological analysis were obtained from the gall bladder & Common Bile Duct (CBD) at the time of surgery. Fungal aetiology was established in 8 (16.3%) cases. Incidence of fungal infection was more (12.2%) in gall bladder bile as compared to 6% in common bile duct bile. The nucleus of stone yielded growth of fungus in only 2 (4.6%) cases. Candida albicans, C. tropicalies, C, kruzei, Penicillium and Aspergillus were the common fungal isolates in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khurana
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*; D010407:Penicillium