Characterization of biofilms in biliary stents and potential factors involved in occlusion.

CONCLUSION: Plastic stents retrieved from patients with biliary tract disease showed polymicrobial organisms with higher protein content among patients with cholangitis and those with smaller diameter stents. Longer indwelling duration had more biofilm formation. PMID: 29358888 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358888?dopt=Abstract

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - January 7, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Vaishnavi C, Samanta J, Kochhar R Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research