Type of Infection Is Associated with Prognosis in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A National Veterans Health Administration Study.
Nadim MahmudK Rajender ReddyTamar H TaddeiDavid E KaplanPublished in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2022)
The impact of infection on short-term mortality in ACLF varies depending on the source of infection. This has relevance for ACLF prognostication and challenges previous notions that bacterial infection invariably worsens prognosis among all patients with ACLF.