Massive Gas-Bacillus Infection of the Liver after Surgical Exploration of a Stenotic Biliary Anastomosis

Abstract

GAS-bacillus infection of the biliary tract after surgery is a relatively rare occurrence and is stated by Adams1 to have occurred in his experience three times in 4221 operations on the biliary tract. Various authors have disagreed about the incidence of other types of infection in the biliary tract. Mirizzi2 studied the bacteriology of the common bile duct and found it to be sterile in most cases. Twiss3 was able to obtain positive cultures of different bacteria from the duodenum in 28 of 120 patients and later verified at operation the fact that all these patients showed stones. Zollinger and . . .