Background: The presence of infective microorganisms in the bilio-pancreatic tract ... of acute biliary pancreatitis. In this study, the characteristics of bile colonization or infection in ...

The management of acute cholangitis typically involves a combination of biliary drainage and antibiotic therapy. Recent research has focused on understanding the microbiology of bile infections ...

Biliary tract disease describes any disease that affects the biliary tract the gall bladder, bile ducts and accompanying structures. Examples include primary sclerosing cholangitis, secondary ...

Serious AEs occurred in 53% of patients and included biliary obstruction (15%), biliary tract infection and sepsis (each in 8%), pneumonia (5%), diarrhea and gastric obstruction (each in 3.8% ...

The results of a clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology show that chemotherapy combining three different ...

"Biliary tract cancer is comparatively rare, but it's aggressive and spreads fast. Our accrual of more than 450 patients in a little more than two years really shows there is a need for new ways ...

Potential etiologies for the more common perinatal form of biliary atresia include viral infections, immune-mediated bile duct injury, and autoimmune disease involving the bile ducts. Two viruses ...

MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda has been approved by the FDA as a treatment for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) in combination with chemotherapy, the first ...