Table 3.

Examples of infectious agents implicated in primary biliary cirrhosis. This table provides several examples of infectious organisms which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Strong evidence exists for some organisms such as Escherichia coli, while weaker evidence exists for others. This may be due to the lack of investigation into the prevalence of some organisms in PBC.

Bacteria	Escherichia coli	[176], [178], [265], [267], [399], [400]
	Chlamydia pneumoniae	[263], [401]
	Mycobacterium gordonae	[402], [403], [404]
	Novosphingobium aromaticivorans	[178], [399]
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	[257], [405]
	Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp bulgaricus	[259], [279]
	Yersinia enterocolitica	[260], [406]
	Salmonella typhimurium	[407]
	Salmonella minnesota	[408]
	Haemophilus influenzae	[257], [260]
	Streptococcus intermedius	[409]
	Paracoccus dentrificans	[410]
	Borrelia burgdorferi	[411]
	Propionibacterium acnes	[412]
	Mycoplasma pneumoniae	[413]
	Mycoplasma gallisepticum	[414]
Viruses	Βetaretrovirus	[272], [276], [415], [416]
	Cytomegalovirus	[257]
	Epstein Barr virus	[417]
Parasites	Trypanosomes	[418], [419]
	Ascaridia galli	[419]
Other	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	[420]