Background The literature on the epidemiology, mortality and treatment of pandrug-resistant
(PDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) is scarce, scattered and controversial. Objectives To …

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

Background & Aims Bacterial infections are common and life-threatening in patients with
cirrhosis. Little is known about the epidemiology of bacterial infections in different regions …

Background & Aims Antibiotic resistance has been increasingly reported in patients with
decompensated cirrhosis in single-center studies. Prospective investigations reporting …

The herbal products proved to be more promising antimicrobials even though their
antimicrobial activity is milder than commercially available antibiotics. Moreover, herbal …

Spontaneous bacterial (SBP) and spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) can be a life-
threatening infection in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) and ascites. One of the possible …

Patients with cirrhosis are susceptible to develop infections because of immune dysfunction,
changes in microbiome and increase in bacterial translocation from the gut to systemic …

Background Computerized decision support systems are becoming increasingly prevalent
with advances in data collection and machine learning (ML) algorithms. However, they are …

Objectives To describe the current epidemiology of bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients
with cirrhosis; and to analyse predictors of 30-day mortality and risk factors for antibiotic …

Bloodstream infections are a serious complication in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Dysregulated intestinal bacterial translocation is the predominant pathophysiological …