Effect of rifaximin on infections, acute‐on‐chronic liver failure and mortality in alcoholic hepatitis: A pilot study (RIFA‐AH)

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is associated with a high incidence of infection and mortality. Rifaximin reduces bacterial overgrowth and translocation. We aimed to study whether the administration of rifaximin as an adjuvant treatment to corticosteroids decreases the number of bact...

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Autores principales: Jiménez, César, Ventura‐Cots, Meritxell, Sala, Margarita, Calafat, Margalida, Garcia‐Retortillo, Montserrat, Cirera, Isabel, Cañete, Nuria, Soriano, Germán, Poca, María, Simón‐Talero, Macarena, Altamirano, José, Lucey, Michael, Garcia‐Tsao, Guadalupe, Brown, Robert S., Schwabe, Robert F., Verna, Elizabeth C., Schnabl, Bernd, Bosques‐Padilla, Francisco, Mathurin, Philippe, Caballería, Juan, Louvet, Alexandre, Shawcross, Debbie L., Abraldes, Juan G., Genescà, Joan, Bataller, Ramon, Vargas, Víctor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Cirrhosis, Liver Failure and Transplantation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35220659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.15207

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