Biliary Tract Infections: Causative Agents and Analysis of Risk Factors for Infections With Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Abstract

Objective: In order to manage the antimicrobial treatment of patients with cholangitis/cholecystitis properly, it is very important to predict the potential causative pathogens arid their antimicrobial resistance patterns. The aim of this study is to provide data for empirical treatment approaches by identifying the causative agents of biliary tract infections and their antimicrobial susceptibilities, and the risk factors in patients infected with drug-resistant microorganism.