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The significance of anaerobic bacteria in biliary tract infection after hepatic portoenterostomy for biliary atresia. 1984

I Brook, and R P Altman

Aspiration of the biliary atrium was performed in six children who developed cholangitis after hepatic portoenterostomy (Kasai procedure). All aspirates were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Aerobic bacteria were recovered in all six specimens and anaerobic organisms were recovered in three. The predominant aerobic organisms were Klebsiella pneumoniae (four isolates), enterococcus (three isolates, and Escherichia coli (two isolates). The anaerobes recovered were Bacteroides fragilis (two) and Clostridium perfringens (one). These findings demonstrate the recovery of anaerobic as well as aerobic organisms in cholangitis after hepatic portoenterostomy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007583	Jejunum	The middle portion of the SMALL INTESTINE, between DUODENUM and ILEUM. It represents about 2/5 of the remaining portion of the small intestine below duodenum.	Jejunums
D008099	Liver	A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.	Livers
D008297	Male		Males
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002761	Cholangitis	Inflammation of the biliary ductal system (BILE DUCTS); intrahepatic, extrahepatic, or both.	Cholangitides
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001421	Bacteria, Anaerobic	Bacteria that can survive and grow in the complete, or nearly complete absence of oxygen.	Anaerobic Bacteria
D001424	Bacterial Infections	Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified.	Bacterial Disease,Bacterial Infection,Infection, Bacterial,Infections, Bacterial,Bacterial Diseases