Diagnostic inflammatory markers of acute cholangitis in liver transplant recipients

Background Acute cholangitis (AC) after liver transplantation occurs in 8–12% patients and remains a significant cause of patients' morbidity and mortality. The 2018 Tokyo guidelines use white blood cell count and C‐reactive protein (CRP) as diagnostic criteria in AC. However, these and other common inflammatory markers have not been assessed in immunosuppressed liver transplant (LT) recipients with AC. The aims of this study were to compare the...