Short-term treatment of acute cholangitis is sufficient for cure compared with the standard treatment duration. Whether this short-course antimicrobial therapy is effective in patients with acute cholangitis with positive blood cultures has not been fully investigated. This study assessed whether patients with acute cholangitis could achieve successful outcomes with a three-day or shorter antimicrobial treatment period, even with a positive blood culture.
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