[Antibodies to E. coli and circulating immune complexes in the bile and blood serum of patients with suppurative cholangitis].

It has been found out for the first time that in 55% of cases presenting with purulent cholangitis, there are antibodies to a clinical strain of E. coli in the bile taken intraoperatively from major bile duct whereas museum specimens of E. coli strain are free from the above antibodies.