Organisms
The organisms involved in gall bladder infection are as follows.
- Bacterial infection is the most common aetiology of acute cholangitis:
- at least half of all bacterial infections are polymicrobial
- common microorganisms isolated from bile cultures among patients with acute biliary infections
- gram-negative organisms
- Escherichia coli: 31-44%
- Klebsiella spp.: 9-20%
- Pseudomonas: 0.5-19%
- Enterobacter spp.: 5-9%
- gram-positive organisms (1)
- Enterococcus spp: 3-34%
- Streptococcus spp: 2-10%
- anaerobes: 4- 20%
- gram-negative organisms
- Viral infections are less common
- generally cause histological cholangitis (i.e. without clinical features)
- Fungal infections are rare
- may occur in individuals who have undergone biliary instrumentation or who are immunocompromised
References:
- Jain MK, Jain R. Acute bacterial cholangitis. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2006 Apr;9(2):113-21
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