Anaerobic Bacteria in Biliary Disease in Elderly Patients

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 135; no. 5; pp. 850 - 854
• Main Authors: Shimada, Kaoru, Inamatsu, Takashi, Yamashiro, Moriya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The University of Chicago Press 01.05.1977; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Adult; Aerobic bacteria; Aged; Anaerobic bacteria; Anaerobiosis; Bacteria; Bacteroides fragilis - isolation & purification; Bile; Bile - microbiology; Bile acids; Bile Duct Neoplasms - drug therapy; Biliary tract; Cholecystectomy; Cholecystitis; Cholecystitis - surgery; Cholelithiasis - surgery; Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Female; Fusobacterium - isolation & purification; Gallbladder; Gallstones; Humans; Infections; Klebsiella - isolation & purification; Male; Middle Aged; Peptococcus - isolation & purification; Peptostreptococcus - isolation & purification

Gallbladder bile from 52 elderly subjects who had undergone biliary tract surgery was examined for the presence of bacteria. Twelve patients had sterile bile, 18 specimens of bile yielded anaerobes as well as aerobes, and 22 yielded aerobic bacteria only. Escherichia coli was the most commonly isola...