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Gallbladder Infection

MedGen UID:
152870
•Concept ID:
C0744254
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Disease or Syndrome

Definition

An acute or chronic infectious process affecting the gallbladder. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Evidence-Based Management of Calculous Biliary Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon.
Biesterveld BE, Alam HB
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2021 Mar;22(2):121-130. Epub 2020 May 29 doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.110. PMID: 32471330
Recent advances in management of acalculous cholecystitis.
Balmadrid B
F1000Res 2018;7 Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.14886.1. PMID: 30381792Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Microbiological analysis and predictors of gallbladder infection with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an HIV setting.
Singh R, Mewa Kinoo S, Ramjathan P, Swe Swe-Han K, Singh B
S Afr Med J 2023 Jun 5;113(6):57-63. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i6.442. PMID: 37278268
Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Nonexpert Operators Demonstrates High Sensitivity and Specificity in Detecting Gallstones: Data from the Samoa Typhoid Fever Control Program.
Hoffman SA, Desai SN, Sikorski MJ, Fatupaito G, Tupua S, Thomsen RE, Rambocus S, Nimarota-Brown S, Punimata LL, Sialeipata M, Tuilagi CF, Han J, Robins-Browne RM, Naseri TK, Levine MM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2022 Jan 10;106(3):798-804. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0973. PMID: 35008059Free PMC Article
Recent advances in management of acalculous cholecystitis.
Balmadrid B
F1000Res 2018;7 Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.14886.1. PMID: 30381792Free PMC Article
Cholecystectomy in patients with AIDS: clinicopathologic correlations in 107 cases.
French AL, Beaudet LM, Benator DA, Levy CS, Kass M, Orenstein JM
Clin Infect Dis 1995 Oct;21(4):852-8. doi: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.852. PMID: 8645829

Diagnosis

Fasciola Infection Unexpectedly Found During Cholecystectomy: Review on How to Avoid Increasing Surgery Interventions in Non-human Endemic Areas.
Mowlavi G, Bargues MD, Najafi F, Naddaf SR, Salehabadi A, Vejdan AK, Salimi M, Fadavi A, Arab-Mazar Z, Mas-Coma S
Acta Parasitol 2023 Dec;68(4):891-902. Epub 2023 Nov 7 doi: 10.1007/s11686-023-00726-6. PMID: 37934346Free PMC Article
First case report of acute cholangitis secondary to Cronobacter sakazakii.
Sahra S, Jahangir A, Mobarakai N, Glaser A, Jahangir A, Sharif MA
BMC Infect Dis 2021 May 27;21(1):493. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06195-4. PMID: 34044785Free PMC Article
Evidence-Based Management of Calculous Biliary Disease for the Acute Care Surgeon.
Biesterveld BE, Alam HB
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2021 Mar;22(2):121-130. Epub 2020 May 29 doi: 10.1089/sur.2020.110. PMID: 32471330
Recent advances in management of acalculous cholecystitis.
Balmadrid B
F1000Res 2018;7 Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.14886.1. PMID: 30381792Free PMC Article
Candida famata-induced fulminating cholecystitis.
Araujo PS, Medeiros Z, Melo FL, Maciel MA, Melo HR
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2013 Nov-Dec;46(6):795-6. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0162-2013. PMID: 24474028

Therapy

Microbiological analysis and predictors of gallbladder infection with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an HIV setting.
Singh R, Mewa Kinoo S, Ramjathan P, Swe Swe-Han K, Singh B
S Afr Med J 2023 Jun 5;113(6):57-63. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i6.442. PMID: 37278268
Genomic and phylogenetic analysis of a multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST15 strain co-carrying bla(OXA-232) and bla(CTX-M-15) recovered from a gallbladder infection in China.
Wang M, Guo H, He F, Xu J
J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2022 Sep;30:228-230. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.06.023. PMID: 35772649
First case report of acute cholangitis secondary to Cronobacter sakazakii.
Sahra S, Jahangir A, Mobarakai N, Glaser A, Jahangir A, Sharif MA
BMC Infect Dis 2021 May 27;21(1):493. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06195-4. PMID: 34044785Free PMC Article
Animal models of human cholesterol gallstone disease: a review.
Gurll N, DenBesten L
Lab Anim Sci 1978 Aug;28(4):428-32. PMID: 100653
Probable gallbladder infection in convalescent cholera patients.
Wallace CK, Anderson PN, Lewis GW, Segre GV, Pierce NF, Brown TC, Sanyal SN, Waldman RH
Lancet 1967 Apr 22;1(7495):865-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(67)91427-4. PMID: 4164366

Prognosis

Microbiological analysis and predictors of gallbladder infection with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an HIV setting.
Singh R, Mewa Kinoo S, Ramjathan P, Swe Swe-Han K, Singh B
S Afr Med J 2023 Jun 5;113(6):57-63. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i6.442. PMID: 37278268
Candida famata-induced fulminating cholecystitis.
Araujo PS, Medeiros Z, Melo FL, Maciel MA, Melo HR
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2013 Nov-Dec;46(6):795-6. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0162-2013. PMID: 24474028
Cholecystectomy in patients with AIDS: clinicopathologic correlations in 107 cases.
French AL, Beaudet LM, Benator DA, Levy CS, Kass M, Orenstein JM
Clin Infect Dis 1995 Oct;21(4):852-8. doi: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.852. PMID: 8645829

Clinical prediction guides

Fasciola Infection Unexpectedly Found During Cholecystectomy: Review on How to Avoid Increasing Surgery Interventions in Non-human Endemic Areas.
Mowlavi G, Bargues MD, Najafi F, Naddaf SR, Salehabadi A, Vejdan AK, Salimi M, Fadavi A, Arab-Mazar Z, Mas-Coma S
Acta Parasitol 2023 Dec;68(4):891-902. Epub 2023 Nov 7 doi: 10.1007/s11686-023-00726-6. PMID: 37934346Free PMC Article
Microbiological analysis and predictors of gallbladder infection with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an HIV setting.
Singh R, Mewa Kinoo S, Ramjathan P, Swe Swe-Han K, Singh B
S Afr Med J 2023 Jun 5;113(6):57-63. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i6.442. PMID: 37278268
Cholecystectomy in patients with AIDS: clinicopathologic correlations in 107 cases.
French AL, Beaudet LM, Benator DA, Levy CS, Kass M, Orenstein JM
Clin Infect Dis 1995 Oct;21(4):852-8. doi: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.852. PMID: 8645829

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