• Gut · Oct 2018

    Bacterial and fungal infections in acute-on-chronic liver failure: prevalence, characteristics and impact on prognosis.

    • Javier Fernández, Juan Acevedo, Reiner Wiest, Thierry Gustot, Alex Amoros, Carme Deulofeu, Enric Reverter, Javier Martínez, Faouzi Saliba, Rajiv Jalan, Tania Welzel, Marco Pavesi, María Hernández-Tejero, Pere Ginès, Vicente Arroyo, and European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure.
    • Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
    • Gut. 2018 Oct 1; 67 (10): 1870-1880.

    AbstractBacterial infection is a frequent trigger of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), syndrome that could also increase the risk of infection. This investigation evaluated prevalence and characteristics of bacterial and fungal infections causing and complicating ACLF, predictors of follow-up bacterial infections and impact of bacterial infections on survival.© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

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