Table 1.
Information and clinical manifestations in the six patients
| Cases | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Gender | M | M | M | F | F | F |
| Age, yr | 45 | 59 | 62 | 71 | 42 | 52 |
| Abdominal pain | + | + | + | + | - | + |
| Nausea | - | - | + | - | - | + |
| Vomiting | - | + | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhea | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| GI bleeding | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| Fever | - | - | + | + | - | + |
| Concurrent infection | Cholecystitis | UK | Cholangitis | Urinary tract | UK | GI tract |
| Abdominal distension | - | - | + | + | + | + |
| Intestinal obstruction | - | + | - | - | - | - |
| Medical history | - | - | Cholangiolithiasis, ERCP | - | Diabetes | - |
| Trauma | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UK: Unknown; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; GI: Gastrointestinal tract.