Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhosis: incidence, outcomes, and treatment strategies

S Marciano, JM Diaz, M Dirchwolf… - … medicine: evidence and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is the most frequent bacterial infection in patients with
cirrhosis. The reported incidence varies between 7% and 30% in hospitalized patients with …

Acute-on-chronic liver failure: pathophysiological mechanisms and management

A Khanam, S Kottilil - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a multifaceted condition with poor treatment options
and high short-term mortality. ACLF can develop in patients with or without liver cirrhosis …

[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous bacterial and fungal peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis: A literature review

T Shizuma - World journal of hepatology, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Antibiotics and liver cirrhosis: What the physicians need to know

C Zoratti, R Moretti, L Rebuzzi, IV Albergati… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The liver is the primary site of drug metabolism, which can be altered by a variety of
diseases affecting the liver parenchyma, especially in patients with liver cirrhosis. The use of …

[HTML][HTML] Current concepts and future strategies in the antimicrobial therapy of emerging Gram-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

M Fiore, AE Maraolo, I Gentile, G Borgia… - World journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most common infection in end-stage liver
disease patients. SBP is defined as an ascitic fluid infection with a polymorphonuclear …

Guidelines for the management of adult acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure in the ICU: neurology, peri-transplant medicine, infectious disease, and …

R Nanchal, R Subramanian, W Alhazzani… - Critical care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To develop evidence-based recommendations for clinicians caring for adults
with acute liver failure (ALF) or acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) in the ICU. DESIGN: The …

Are third-generation cephalosporins still the empirical antibiotic treatment of community-acquired spontaneous bacterial peritonitis? A systematic review and meta …

M Fiore, I Gentile, AE Maraolo, S Leone… - European journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common complication among
cirrhotic patients. Guidelines recommend third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs) as empiric …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and impact of antimicrobial resistance in gastrointestinal infections: A review

R Contreras-Omaña, AE Escorcia-Saucedo… - … de Gastroenterología de …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance has become a worldwide problem due to its excessive increase in
recent years. The aim of the present review was to bring together data from different articles …

Application of biosurfactants in the medical field

A Saimmai, W RIANSA-NGAWONG… - Walailak Journal of …, 2020 - wjst.wu.ac.th
It is generally known that both chemical substances and many kinds of microorganism can
be used to produce surfactants or surface-active compounds. Surfactants derived from …

Bacterascites: A study of clinical features, microbiological findings, and clinical significance

RC Oey, HR van Buuren, DM de Jong… - Liver …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Knowledge about bacterascites is limited and management guidelines are
based on small patient series. The purpose of this study was to add further insight into the …