In Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, Prednisolone Increases Susceptibility to Infection and Infection-Related Mortality, and Is Associated With High Circulating Levels of Bacterial DNA

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Infections are common in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH), but little information is available on how to predict their development or their effects on patients. Prednisolone is advocated for treatment of SAH, but can increase susceptibility to infection. We compa...

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Autores principales: Vergis, Nikhil, Atkinson, Stephen R., Knapp, Suzanne, Maurice, James, Allison, Michael, Austin, Andrew, Forrest, Ewan H., Masson, Steven, McCune, Anne, Patch, David, Richardson, Paul, Gleeson, Dermot, Ryder, Stephen D., Wright, Mark, Thursz, Mark R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: W.B. Saunders 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28043903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.12.019

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6381387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28043903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.12.019

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