Risk Factors for Acute Cholangitis Caused by <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and <i>Enterococcus faecium</i>
Yuki Karasawa, Jun Kato, Satoshi Kawamura, Kentaro Kojima, Takamasa Ohki, Michiharu Seki, Kazumi Tagawa, Nobuo Toda
Abstract
Background/Aims: Acute cholangitis (AC) is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection, and timely antimicrobial treatment, faster than that achieved with bacterial cultures, is recommended. Although the current guidelines refer to empirical antimicrobial treatment, various kinds of antimicrobial agents have been cited because of insufficient analyses on the spectrum of pathogens in AC. Enterococcus spp. is one of the most frequently isolated Gram-positive bacteria from the bile of patients with AC, but its risk factors have not been extensively studied. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors of AC caused by Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium.