[Biliary microflora of patients with chronic pancreatitis].

Data on the contamination of bile specimens (1997 and 2001, 205 specimens, 137 cultures), examined in the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology of the Vladimirsky Regional Research Clinical Institute, as well as data on the microflora composition in 40 specimens of bile, obtained from patients with clinically diagnosed chronic pancreatitis at the stage of exacerbation, are presented. Out of 40 specimens of bile 54 cultures of microorganisms were isolated; of these, 33.3% were bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, Gram negative bacilli took the second place in occurrence (27.8%) and the third place belonged to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus (18.5%). The antibiotic sensitivity of the isolated microorganisms is characterized.