Empirical antibiotic treatment with piperacillin-tazobactam in patients with microbiologically-documented biliary tract infections

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 1, 2004; 10(15): 2281-2283
Published online Aug 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i15.2281

Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables of 23 patients with BTI

	Benign conditions	Malignant conditions
No (%)	10/23(43.5)	13/23(56.5)
Average duration of treatment (d)	7 ± 1	10 ± 1
Underlying condition (No.)	Choledocholitiasis (7)	Cholangiocarcinoma (6)
	Acute cholecystitis (2)	Pancreatic carcinoma (4)
	Iatrogenic stenosis (1)	Gallbladder carcinoma (2)
		Infiltrating hepatoma (1)
Previous instrumental invasive maneuvers (No)	None (5)	None (3)
	PTD (3)	PTD (10)
	ERCP (2)

Abbreviations: BTI = biliary tract infections; ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography; PTD = percutaneous transhepatic drainage.

Table 2 Microbiological variables in 23 patients with BTI

	Benign conditions (10 patients)	Malignant conditions (13 patients)
Insulation medium (No.)	Blood (7)	Blood (6)
	Bile (3)	Bile (7)
Polymicrobial infections	1 (4%)	7 (30%)
Isolated pathogens (No. cases)	E.coli (4)	Enterococcus spp (6)
	Enterococcus spp (3)	Staphylococcus spp (6)
	Pseudomonas spp (3)	Candida spp (5)
	Enterobacter spp (2)	E.coli (2)
	Streptococcus spp (2)	Pseudomonas spp (2)
	Klebsiella spp (1)	Proteus spp (1)
	Candida spp (1)	Enterobacter spp (1)
		Salmonella spp (1)

Citation: Bassotti G, Chistolini F, Sietchiping-Nzepa F, Roberto G, Morelli A. Empirical antibiotic treatment with piperacillin-tazobactam in patients with microbiologically-documented biliary tract infections. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(15): 2281-2283
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v10/i15/2281.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v10.i15.2281