Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection is associated with higher mortality in liver cirrhosis. This literature review discusses the risk factors associated with increased mortality in patients with C. difficile infection in liver cirrhosis. This literature review also highlights the importan...

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Autores principales: Meyyur Aravamudan, Veeraraghavan, Khan, Shahab R, Hussain, Ikram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31641560
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5463
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description Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection is associated with higher mortality in liver cirrhosis. This literature review discusses the risk factors associated with increased mortality in patients with C. difficile infection in liver cirrhosis. This literature review also highlights the importance of selecting antibiotics wisely, carefully selecting patients who are candidates for antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in liver cirrhosis and avoiding unnecessary proton pump inhibitors in liver cirrhosis.
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spelling pubmed-68028162019-10-22 Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review Meyyur Aravamudan, Veeraraghavan Khan, Shahab R Hussain, Ikram Cureus Gastroenterology Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection is associated with higher mortality in liver cirrhosis. This literature review discusses the risk factors associated with increased mortality in patients with C. difficile infection in liver cirrhosis. This literature review also highlights the importance of selecting antibiotics wisely, carefully selecting patients who are candidates for antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in liver cirrhosis and avoiding unnecessary proton pump inhibitors in liver cirrhosis. Cureus 2019-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6802816/ /pubmed/31641560 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5463 Text en Copyright © 2019, Meyyur Aravamudan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Meyyur Aravamudan, Veeraraghavan
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Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review
title Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review
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title_fullStr Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review
title_short Clostridium difficile Infection in Liver Cirrhosis Carries a Higher Risk of Mortality: A Comprehensive Literature Review
title_sort clostridium difficile infection in liver cirrhosis carries a higher risk of mortality: a comprehensive literature review
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802816/
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