EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PROGNOSIS OF SBP SBP is the most frequent bacterial infection in
cirrhosis, accounting for 10e30% of all reported bacterial infections in hospitalised patients …

Bacterial infections are very frequent in advanced cirrhosis and become the first cause of
death of these patients. Despite numerous experimental data and significant advances in …

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 …

Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical effect of infections by multiresistant bacteria in
cirrhosis are poorly known. This work was a prospective evaluation in two series of cirrhotic …

Antimicrobial resistance has become a major global public health security problem that
needs coordinated approaches at regional, national and international levels. Antibiotic …

Cirrhosis represents the end stage of any chronic liver disease. Hepatitis C and alcohol are
currently the main causes of cirrhosis in the United States. Although initially cirrhosis is …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: There are limited data on the prevalence or predictors of antibiotic-
resistant bacterial infections (AR-BI) in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis in North America …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The recent emergence of third-generation cephalosporin
resistance in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is of great concern, although neither the risk …

Background. There have been few reports on the causes and treatment outcomes for
nosocomial spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods …

Background Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is historically caused by Gram‐
negative bacteria (GNB) almost exclusively Enterobacteriaceae. Recently, an increasing …