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Septicemia From Biliary Tract Infection
Yardena Siegman-Igra, MD;
David Schwartz, MSc;
Nissim Konforti, MSc;
Chaim Perluk, MD;
Roland R. Rozin, MD
Arch Surg. 1988;123(3):366-368.
Abstract
• One hundred four strains of microorganisms were isolated from the blood in 76 episodes of septicemia originating from biliary tract infection. The 70 patients involved included 40 with acute cholecystitis without previous surgery, 17 with cholangitis following previous surgery, and 13 patients with malignant disease, with or without previous surgery. The most common organisms were Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Streptococcus, and Proteus. Various streptococci, most of them from group D, were involved in 21% of the episodes. Twentyfive patients underwent surgery following the bacteremia. In ten of 12 operations performed shortly after the septicemia, bile culture yielded the same organism(s) as in the blood. The types of organisms in blood, and especially the important role of streptococci, must be taken into consideration when choosing antibiotics for therapy for and prevention of biliary septicemia.
(Arch Surg 1988;123:366-368)
Author Affiliations
From the Infectious Disease Unit (Drs Siegman-Igra and Perluk), Microbiology Laboratory (Messrs Schwartz and Konforti), and Surgical Department (Dr Rozin), Rokach Hospital Tel Aviv (Israel) Medical Center, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (Drs Siegman-Igra and Rozin).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 30, 1986.
Reprint requests to Microbiology Laboratory, Rokach Hospital, PO Box 51, Tel Aviv, Israel (Mr Konforti).
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