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Year : 2001 | Volume
: 19
| Issue : 4 | Page : 212-214 |
Bacteriological spectrum of cholecystitis and its antibiogram
M Ballal, KN Jyothi, B Antony, C Arun, T Prabhu, PG Shivananda
Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 119, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
P G Shivananda Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 119, Karnataka India
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PMID: 17664836 
Bile Cultures for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were carried out on 125 samples from patients with chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis. Cultures grew 71(56.8%) aerobes and 17(13.6%) anaerobic microorganisms. Polymicrobial infection was seen in 7(16.2%) cases. E. coli (45.07%) and Klebsiella (25.35%) were predominant among the aerobes and Bacteroides fragilis (58.82%) was predominant among the anaerobes. Highest incidence of the disease was observed in the fourth decade of life and females predominated in this study.
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