Some peculiarities of bile duct ascariasis in the pathology of biliary calculus in Vietnam

An investigation was conducted on 101 cases of biliary calculus. Results show a rate of 17.82% of bile duct ascariasis, from them 75% with ascaris found in the large duct and 75% died. 33% of cases had experienced a previous history of bile duct ascariasis. Bile culture had indicated a positive rate of 81.25% of aerobic bacteria and 4/6 of anaerobic.