Cholangitis secondary prevention
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]
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Overview
Secondary prevention strategies for cholangitis includes continued treatment of predisposing causes in appropriate patients.
Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention strategies for cholangitis include continued treatment of predisposing causes in appropriate patients.
- Infection due to instrumentation of biliary tract:[1][2][3]
- Appropriate antibiotics
- Biliary drainage
- Cholangitis due to gallstones/cholelithiasis:[4]
References
- ↑ Bu LN, Chen HL, Chang CJ, Ni YH, Hsu HY, Lai HS; et al. (2003). "Prophylactic oral antibiotics in prevention of recurrent cholangitis after the Kasai portoenterostomy". J Pediatr Surg. 38 (4): 590–3. doi:10.1053/jpsu.2003.50128. PMID 12677572.
- ↑ Cybulski Z, Solarski J, Majewski W (1994). "[Infection as a risk factor in biliary system surgery]". Wiad Lek. 47 (15–16): 619–24. PMID 7716962.
- ↑ van den Hazel SJ, Speelman P, Tytgat GN, Dankert J, van Leeuwen DJ (1994). "Role of antibiotics in the treatment and prevention of acute and recurrent cholangitis". Clin Infect Dis. 19 (2): 279–86. PMID 7986900.
- ↑ Holzheimer, R (2001). Surgical treatment : evidence-based and problem-oriented. München New York: Zuckschwerdt. ISBN 978-3886037148.