Healthcare-associated and nosocomial bacterial infections in cirrhosis: predictors and impact on outcome

Survival in infection-related acute-on-chronic liver failure is defined by extrahepatic organ failures

(2014) Jasmohan S. Bajaj et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired, Health Care–Associated, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

(2013) Mario Venditti   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Surviving Sepsis Campaign

(2013) R. Phillip Dellinger et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

New Consensus Definition of Acute Kidney Injury Accurately Predicts 30-Day Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis and Infection

(2013) Florence Wong et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Is a Distinct Syndrome That Develops in Patients With Acute Decompensation of Cirrhosis

(2013) Richard Moreau et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Proton Pump Inhibitors and the Risk for Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection

(2013) Jeffrey F. Barletta et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center

(2012) Puneeta Tandon et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Second infections independently increase mortality in hospitalized patients With cirrhosis: the north american consortium for the study of end-stage liver disease (NACSELD) experience

(2012) Jasmohan S. Bajaj et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy and Clostridium difficile Infection in a Meta-Analysis

(2011) Abhishek Deshpande et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Increased Rate of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Among Cirrhotic Patients Receiving Pharmacologic Acid Suppression

(2011) Gati A. Goel et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Working Party proposal for a revised classification system of renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis

(2011) F. Wong et al.   GUT

Prevalence and risk factors of infections by multiresistant bacteria in cirrhosis: A prospective study

(2011) Javier Fernández et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Risk factors for resistance to ceftriaxone and its impact on mortality in community, healthcare and nosocomial spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

(2011) Xavier Ariza et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

First-line treatment with cephalosporins in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis provides poor antibiotic coverage

(2011) Srdan Novovic et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Iatrogenic Gastric Acid Suppression and the Risk of Nosocomial Clostridium difficile Infection

(2010) Michael D. Howell   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Cirrhotic Patients Are at Risk for Health Care–Associated Bacterial Infections

(2010) Manuela Merli et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Early features of acute-on-chronic alcoholic liver failure: a prospective cohort study

(2010) A. Katoonizadeh et al.   GUT

Clostridium difficile Is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis: A National and Tertiary Center Perspective

(2009) Jasmohan S Bajaj et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Clinical Significance and Outcome of Nosocomial Acquisition of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

(2009) Hae Suk Cheong et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Potential Anti-inflammatory Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Review and Discussion of the Clinical Implications

(2009) Ramalinga R. Kedika et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Inadequate use of proton-pump inhibitors in patients with liver cirrhosis

(2009) Evangelos Kalaitzakis et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Severe sepsis in cirrhosis

(2009) Thierry Gustot et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Failure of Current Antibiotic First-Line Regimens and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

(2009) A. Umgelter et al.   INFECTION

Secondary bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: A retrospective study of clinical and analytical characteristics, diagnosis and management

(2009) Germán Soriano et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care–associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

(2008) Teresa C. Horan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Sustained reduction of antibiotic use and low bacterial resistance: 10-year follow-up of the Swedish Strama programme

(2008) S Mölstad et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES