[Infections in biliary surgery]

The authors selected among patients who were operated in 1992-1996 on account of affections of the gallbladder and biliary pathways those patients where aerobic and anaerobic bile cultivation was made. The results of the detected bacterial species and their sensitivity to ATB are given in tables. According to the author these investigations may be of benefit to the surgeon when he has to decide on the administration of ARTB without knowing the bacterial strain (prevention or therapy) and thus overcome the time when he will know the results of cultivation.