[Emphasizing the clinical diagnosis and treatment of liver disease-associated infections]

Liver disease-associated infection is a common condition in clinic. The existence of underlying liver disease increases the morbidity, mortality, and other adverse consequences of various infections, which in turn aggravates the liver disease-associated infections progression. Therefore, liver disease and infection should be emphasized in the clinical management. The assessment of liver disease includes its etiology, severity level, and complications, while the assessment of infectious diseases emphasizes its etiology and lesion location. Timely elimination of pathogens and complications is the treatment aspect of liver disease, whereas empiric pathogenic therapy is the treatment aspect of infection. The use of anti-infective drugs with a high risk of liver damage should be avoided when the pathogen is determined, and the target should be treated as soon as possible.