Infections worsen prognosis of patients with cirrhosis irrespective of the liver disease stage

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Dec:46:e45-e47. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.014. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Authors

Ivan Gentile¹, Antonio Riccardo Buonomo², Riccardo Scotto¹, Emanuela Zappulo¹, Guglielmo Borgia¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery - Section of Infectious Disease, University "Federico II" of Naples, Italy.
² Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery - Section of Infectious Disease, University "Federico II" of Naples, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28918985
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacterial Infections / complications
Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Liver Cirrhosis / etiology*
Liver Cirrhosis / microbiology*
Liver Cirrhosis / mortality*
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Survival Analysis