The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by bacterial cholangitis:
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Sepsis (blood poisoning): cholangiosepsis (blood poisoning caused by bacterial cholangitis).
Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Gallbladder empyema (pus accumulation within the gallbladder due to inflammation).
- Liver abscesses (encapsulated collection of pus in the liver).
- Secondary biliary cirrhosis (liver disease associated with inflammation and fibrosis (abnormal proliferation of connective tissue)).
- Strictures (narrowing) of the bile ducts.
- Scarring of the bile ducts
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Disorders of the central nervous system
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).
- Renal dysfunction
