Open AccessBacterial infection triggers and complicates acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with hepatitis B virus-decompensated cirrhosis: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Zhujun Cao,
Yuhan Liu,
Chengliang Zhu,
Shan Yin,
Weijing Wang,
Weiliang Tang,
Guijun Zhao,
Youyong Xu,
Lu Chen,
Tianyu Zhou,
Mingshui Cai,
Hui Wang,
Wei Cai,
Shisan Bao,
Hai Li,
Qing Xie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i6.645
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , retrospective cohort study , gastroenterology , hepatitis b virus , liver failure , cohort , cohort study , virus , virology
Reports on bacterial infection (BI) in decompensated cirrhosis (DC) is mainly from alcoholic cirrhosis. The role of BI as a trigger or complication of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in patients with hepatitis B virus decompensated cirrhosis (HBV-DC) remains to be investigated.