[Surgical treatment of acute bacteroid purulent cholangitis]

The results of treatment of 40 patients with acute purulent cholangitis developed against the background of choledocholithiasis are presented. Bacteroid of the kind B. fragilis (67.5% of cases), Fusobacterium, Lactobacillus sp. (30%) are the leading etiological factor of cholangitis. The indications for external and internal drainage of the bile ducts are substantiated. The ineffectiveness of internal drainage in this disease is demonstrated.