Bacterial infections in patients with acute variceal bleeding in the era of antibiotic prophylaxis

Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of infection and mortality in patients with cirrhosis and acute variceal bleeding (AVB). This study examines the incidence of, and risk factors for, bacterial infections during hospitalization in patients with AVB on antibiotic prophylaxis. A post hoc analysis...

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Published in:	Journal of hepatology Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 342 - 350
Main Authors:	Martínez, Javier, Hernández-Gea, Virginia, Rodríguez-de-Santiago, Enrique, Téllez, Luis, Procopet, Bogdan, Giráldez, Álvaro, Amitrano, Lucio, Villanueva, Candid, Thabut, Dominique, Ibañez-Samaniego, Luis, Silva-Junior, Gilberto, Genescà, Joan, Bureau, Christophe, Trebicka, Jonel, Bañares, Rafael, Krag, Aleksander, Llop, Elba, Laleman, Wim, Palazon, Jose María, Castellote, Jose, Rodrigues, Susana, Gluud, Lise L., Noronha-Ferreira, Carlos, Cañete, Nuria, Rodríguez, Manuel, Ferlitsch, Arnulf, Schwarzer, Remy, Mundi, Jose Luis, Gronbaek, Henning, Hernández-Guerra, Manuel, Sassatelli, Romano, Dell'Era, Alessandra, Senzolo, Marco, Abraldes, Juan G., Romero-Gomez, Manuel, Zipprich, Alexander, Casas, Meritxell, Masnou, Helena, Primignani, Massimo, Nevens, Frederik, Calleja, Jose Luis, Jansen, Christian, Robic, Marie Angèle, Conejo, Irene, Catalina, Maria Vega, Rudler, Marika, Alvarado, Edilmar, Perez-Campuzano, Valeria, Guardascione, Maria Anna, Fischer, Petra, Bosch, Jaime, García-Pagán, Juan Carlos, Albillos, Agustín
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2021 Elsevier Science Ltd Elsevier
Subjects:	Acute variceal bleeding Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotic prophylaxis Antibiotic Prophylaxis - methods Antibiotic Prophylaxis - standards Antibiotic Prophylaxis - statistics & numerical data Antibiotics Bacteria Bacterial infection Bacterial infections Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Bacterial Infections - etiology Balloon treatment Bleeding Cephalosporins Cephalosporins - pharmacology Cephalosporins - therapeutic use Cirrhosis Disease prevention Endoscopy Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications Esophageal and Gastric Varices - epidemiology Esophagus Female Hemorrhage - epidemiology Hemorrhage - etiology Hepatic encephalopathy Hospitalization Humans Incidence Infections Intubation Life Sciences Liver cirrhosis Liver diseases Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Odds Ratio Prophylaxis Quinolones Quinolones - pharmacology Quinolones - therapeutic use Respiratory infection Risk Factors Shunts Tamponade Tomography Antibiotic prophylaxis Bacterial infection Cirrhosis Acute variceal bleeding Respiratory infection
ISSN:	0168-8278, 1600-0641, 1600-0641
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