Epidemiology and outcomes of bloodstream infection in patients with cirrhosis

M Bartoletti, M Giannella, P Caraceni, M Domenicali… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Bloodstream infections (BSIs) in cirrhotic patients are 10-fold more
common than in non-cirrhotic patients and increasingly caused by resistant pathogens. We
examined 162 BSI episodes in cirrhotic patients to describe the etiology and risk factors for
30-day mortality. Methods We retrospectively analyzed all consecutive BSIs in patients with
liver cirrhosis at our 1350-bed teaching hospital (January 2008 to June 2012). Cox-
proportional hazard regression was used to analyze the impact of disease and treatment …