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The aim of our single-center analysis was the examination of microbiological colonization of pancreas tissue at the time of surgery and its potential influence on complications and outcome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We prospectively evaluated patients undergoing pancreatic surgery over a three-year period from June 2018 to June 2021. We focused on the microbiological colonization of pancreatic tissue which was acquired during pancreatic surgery. Tissue samples were cultivated at our institute of microbiology. Patients\u00b4 characteristics, complications and postoperative outcome were analyzed using a prospectively maintained SPSS database.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Between June 2018 and June 2021, we collected pancreatic tissue samples of a total of 178 patients undergoing pancreas resections, mostly due to ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC; 50.6%). We could cultivate bacterial or fungal species in pancreatic tissue samples of 50 of our patients (28.1%). The majority of cases were characterized by the presence of a single microbial species, but 20 patients (11.2%) showed colonization with up to four different species. Among the bacterial species detected were <jats:italic>Enterococcus faecium<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter cloacae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumonia<\/jats:italic>. We found significantly more microbiological culture growth in patients with a preoperative biliary stent (74.0% vs. 15.6%, p &amp;lt; 0.001). Concerning postoperative complications, we found no difference concerning pancreatic fistula, but colonization with <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> was associated with a significantly higher rate of postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (30.0% vs. 8.9%, p = 0.032). Interestingly, survival of PDAC patients seems to be negatively affected by positive microbiological findings at the time of surgery, but without reaching statistical significance (p = 0.770).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this first analysis of our patient cohort, we could show a microbiological colonization of pancreatic tumor tissue in almost a third of our patients. There seems to be only a minor impact on postoperative complications, but long-term outcome seems to be worse in patients with a positive pancreas microbiome. 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