Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis : Clinical characteristics of a new subtype of acute cholangitis

Copyright © 2023 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis (ASTC) is rarer than acute obstructive cholangitis and is not well studied. To explore this subtype of acute cholangitis, we described our clinical experience with ASTC.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of patients with ASTC admitted to our center from September 2014 to August 2020. We analyzed their clinical characteristics, including etiology, clinical manifestations, imaging features, treatment and prognosis.

RESULTS: A total of 32 ASTC patients were included in the analysis. The majority of the patients had a history of biliary operations, and clinical manifestations were occult and atypical. The positive rate of bacterial culture was 46.9%. All the patients had typical imaging features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Treatment with effective antibiotics was provided as soon as diagnosis was established. After treatment, most patients had a good outcome. Elevated levels of total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, procalcitonin and gamma-glutamyltransferase were the characteristics of critically ill patients and were associated with relatively poor prognosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated that ASTC should be recognized as a new subtype of acute cholangitis, and that earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatments are needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 23(2024), 3 vom: 23. Apr., Seite 293-299

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Rong-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Chi-Xian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Ruo-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yu-Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute cholangitis
Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis
Diagnosis
Gram-negative bacterial infections
Journal Article
Treatment

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hbpd.2023.01.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35201198X