Biliary infection after liver transplantation
D Gotthardt, K Weiss, A Zahn, W Stremmel, P Sauer · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2009 · Heft 01
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Aims: Biliary complications after liver transplantation are observed in approximately 20 percent of recipients and cholangitis in addition may complicate biliary leckage or stenosis. In this prospective study, the rate of bacterial and fungal infections in bile samples and their association with clinical parameters was evaluated. Patients and Methods: A total of 800 ERCs was performed. Of those 217 were performed in 90 patients after LTx. Bile specimen was collected immediately after cannulation of the papilla. Microbiological analysis was performed according to standard procedures. Analysis was classified in st…