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Affiliation
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: william.lee@utsouthwestern.edu.
Authors
Attar N, Balko J, Battenhouse H, Blei A, Brown R, Cavazos J, Chung RT, Crippin J, Davern T, Dillon C, Durkalski V, Fix O, Fontana R, Ganger D, Goddard T, Han SH, Harrison E, Hassanein T, Hay J, Hynan LS, Karvellas CJ, Lalani E, Larson AM, Lee WM, Liou I, McCashland T, McGuire B, Munoz S, Murray N, Obaid A, Pezzia C, Reddy R, Reuben A, Rossaro L, Samuel G, Sanders C, Satyanarayana R, Schilsky M, Shaikh S, Smith A, Stravitz R, US Acute Liver Failure Study Group, Zaman A, Zhao W
Studies
Citation
Karvellas CJ, Cavazos J, Battenhouse H, Durkalski V, Balko J, Sanders C, Lee WM, US Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Effects of antimicrobial prophylaxis and blood stream infections in patients with acute liver failure: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Nov;12(11):1942-9.e1. Epub 2014 Mar 25.Abstract
We investigated whether antimicrobial prophylaxis alters the incidence of bloodstream infection in patients with acute liver failure (ALF), and whether bloodstream infections affect overall mortality within 21 days after development of ALF.