Abstract

Objective Multiple factors predispose patients with cirrhosis to sepsis and/or bacteraemia and this has a high mortality rate. Within different geographical regions there are marked differences in the prevalence of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDR). This study examined risk factors for and outcomes of sepsis/bacteraemia in public hospital admissions with cirrhosis in the state of Queensland, Australia, over the last decade, along with the bacterial pathogens responsible and their antibiotic susceptibility profiles.

Authors	Johnson, Amy L.; Ratnasekera, Isanka U.; Irvine, Katharine M.; Henderson, Andrew; Powell, Elizabeth E.; Valery, Patricia C.
Journal	BMJ open gastroenterology
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Volume	8
Date	1/01/2021
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URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000695