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Searching for Bacterial Biofilm in Recurrent Cholangitis in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Case Presentation and Introduction of an Unexplored Disease Mechanism

Inflammation and fibrosis of the bile ducts are the defining pathological characteristics of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). A previously unexplored mechanism for recurrent cholangitis, one of PSC’s most common presentations, is bacterial colonization of the biliary epithelium in the form of b...

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Autores principales: Choi, Alyssa Y., Jalikis, Florencia, Westerhoff, Maria, Boukhar, Sarag, Pulcini, Elinor, Damman, Chris, Yu, Lei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: XIA & HE Publishing Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29577038
http://dx.doi.org/10.14218/JCTH.2017.00029