Open AccessBacterial DNA is a prognostic factor for mortality in patients who recover from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Author(s) -
Iliana Mani,
Georgia Vrioni,
Emilia Hadziyannis,
T. Alexopoulos,
Larisa Vasilieva,
Athanasia Tsiriga,
Costas Tsiamis,
Athanasios Tsakris,
Spyros P. Dourakis,
Alexandra Alexopoulou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1792-7463
pISSN - 1108-7471
DOI - 10.20524/aog.2021.0665
Subject(s) - spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , medicine , interquartile range , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , peritonitis , blood culture , multivariate analysis , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is associated with a high mortality. The aim was to investigate whether bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (bactDNA) could offer an accurate identification of pathogens and to explore its prognostic role during and early after an SBP episode.