Developer site: The content shown here is test data.

MyEClinic
MyEClinic
Health Dictionary AI Health Chat Find an Online Doctor
A serene Zen garden with raked sand and smooth stones, symbolising clarity and calm

Health Dictionary

Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.

Back to skin conditions

Cholangitis primary prevention

Introduction

Overview

Overview

There are no established measures for the primary prevention of cholangitis in otherwise healthy people, Giving antibiotics in people undergoing biliary procedures like endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) may benefit from antibiotics.

Primary Prevention

Primary Prevention

  • There are no established measures for the primary prevention of cholangitis in otherwise healthy people.
  • Treatment of gallstones, tumors, and infestations of parasites may reduce the risk for some people.
  • Patients undergoing ERCP should have prophylactic antibiotics.[1]
  • Patients with compromised biliary systems prone to developing recurrent cholangitis may benefit from antibiotic maintenance therapy, given daily in lower-than-therapeutic dosages[2][3][4][5]
References

References

  1. ↑ Sauter G, Ruckdeschel G, Sauerbruch T (1992). “[Antibiotic prevention and therapy of infectious complications in ERCP]”. Leber Magen Darm. 22 (5): 173–6. PMID 1406012.
  2. ↑ “Ascending cholangitis Prevention – Epocrates Online”.
  3. ↑ van den Hazel SJ, Speelman P, Tytgat GN, Dankert J, van Leeuwen DJ (1994). “Role of antibiotics in the treatment and prevention of acute and recurrent cholangitis”. Clin Infect Dis. 19 (2): 279–86. PMID 7986900.
  4. ↑ Lillemoe KD (2000). “Surgical treatment of biliary tract infections”. Am Surg. 66 (2): 138–44. PMID 10695743.
  5. ↑ Cybulski Z, Solarski J, Majewski W (1994). “[Infection as a risk factor in biliary system surgery]”. Wiad Lek. 47 (15–16): 619–24. PMID 7716962.


Template:WikiDoc Sources

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2], Farwa Haideri [3]