Impacts of pretransplant infections on clinical outcomes of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure who received living-donor liver transplantation.

Impacts of pretransplant infections on clinical outcomes of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure who received living-donor liver transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation is the only therapeutic modality for patients with acute-on chronic liver failure (ACLF). These patients are at high risk for bacterial infections while awaiting transplantation. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether an adequately treated bacterial infectio...

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Main Authors: Kuo-Hua Lin, Jien-Wei Liu, Chao-Long Chen, Shih-Hor Wang, Chih-Che Lin, Yueh-Wei Liu, Chee-Chien Yong, Ting-Lung Lin, Wei-Feng Li, Tsung-Hui Hu, Chih-Chi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3759387?pdf=render

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