The role of prophylactic antibiotics in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients at risk of bacterial infection: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Xiao-Qin Liu (Author), Xue-Yun Zhang (Author), Yue Ying (Author), Jian-Ming Zheng (Author), Jian Sun (Author), Wen-Hong Zhang (Author), Ji-Ming Zhang (Author), Yu-Xian Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterized by an excessive systemic inflammatory response and organ failure and has high mortality. Bacterial infections (BIs) worsen the clinical course of ACLF and carry a poor prognosis in ACLF patients. The efficacy of third-generat...