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Abstract
Ornithocholanic acids and small soft gall stones were found in the bile of patients from which Klebsiella pneumoniae was also isolated. Cholelithiasis may be initiated by metabolic disturbances in the conjugation of bile acids in liver tissue and the subsequent precipitation of cholesterol and bile pigment.Entities:
Keywords: BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLELITHIASIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA; PNEUMONIA
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Year: 1963 PMID: 14057376 DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3589.245
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728