Difference between revisions of "Cholangitis, Neutrophilic"
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Revision as of 11:11, 6 August 2009
Also known as suppurative cholangitis, exudative cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis and acute cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis.
Signalment
Aetiology and Pathogenesis
Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from asecending bacterial infection from the small intestines. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Clostridium spp., Bacillus, Actinomyces, Bacteroides and occasionally Salmonella spp. have been isolated. Concurrent underlying biliary tract disease are common in cats