Isolated bacterial infection without decompensation has no impact on survival of compensated patients with cirrhosis.
Matthias Christian ReichertChristina SchneiderRobin GreinertMarkus CasperFrank GrünhageAndreas WienkeAlexander ZipprichFrank LammertCristina RipollPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)
In compensated patients with cirrhosis, the 1st decompensation associated to BI has worse survival than decompensation without BI. By contrast, BI without decompensation does not negatively impact survival of patients with compensated cirrhosis.
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