Rajiv Jalan, Javier Fernandez, Reiner Wiest, Bernd Schnabl, Richard Moreau, Paolo Angeli, Vanessa Stadlbauer, Thierry Gustot, Mauro Bernardi, Rafael Canton, Agustin Albillos, Frank Lammert, Alexander Wilmer, Rajeshwar Mookerjee, Jordi Vila, Rita Garcia-Martinez, Julia Wendon, José Such, Juan Cordoba, Arun Sanyal, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Vicente Arroyo, Andrew Burroughs, Pere Ginès
Bacterial infections are very common and represent one of the most important reasons of progression of liver failure, development of liver-related complications, and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. In fact, bacterial infections may be a triggering factor for the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding, hypervolemic hyponatremia, hepatic encephalopathy, kidney failure, and development of acute-on-chronic liver failure. Moreover, infections are a very common cause of repeated hospitalizations, impaired health-related quality of life, and increased healthcare costs in cirrhosis...
June 2014: Journal of Hepatology