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Given the risk of contaminated bile in liver resections, the goal of our study was to investigate the prevalence and outcome of anaerobic infections in major hepatectomies. (2) Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the charts of 245 consecutive major hepatectomies that were performed at the department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Tuebingen between July 2017 and August 2020. All microbiological cultures were screened for the prevalence of anaerobic bacteria and the patients\u2019 clinical characteristics and outcomes were evaluated. (3) Results: Of the 245 patients, 13 patients suffered from anaerobic infections. Seven had positive cultures from the biliary tract during the primary procedure, while six had positive culture results from samples obtained during the management of complications. Risk factors for anaerobic infections were preoperative biliary stenting (p = 0.002) and bile leaks (p = 0.009). All of these infections had to be treated by intervention and adjunct antibiotic treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. (4) Conclusions: Anaerobic infections are rare in liver resections. Certain risk factors trigger the antibiotic coverage of anaerobes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics10020139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,31]],"date-time":"2021-01-31T04:53:00Z","timestamp":1612068780000},"page":"139","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Anaerobic Bacteria in Major Liver Resection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Jens","family":"Stroh\u00e4ker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sophia","family":"Barei\u00df","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvio","family":"Nadalin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2301-4080","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alfred","family":"K\u00f6nigsrainer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruth","family":"Ladurner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anke","family":"Meier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1477-2574.2011.00417.x","article-title":"Predictors of surgical site infection after liver resection: A multicentre analysis using National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data","volume":"14","author":"Davenport","year":"2012","journal-title":"HPB (Oxford)"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"45","DOI":"10.1097\/00000658-200101000-00008","article-title":"Bile leakage after hepatic resection","volume":"233","author":"Yamashita","year":"2001","journal-title":"Ann. 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