ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology
Bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis: clinical characteristics and the role of C-reactive protein.
Article in Annals of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of bacterial infection on native liver survival in children with cirrhosis due to biliary atresia.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2026Article
- IHIT-BED: an interpretable transformer approach using unbiased hematology analyzer impedance data for early identification of bacteremia in emergency department.Bioinformatics advances · 2026Article
- Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): the 'Kyoto Consensus'-steps from Asia.Hepatology international · 2025Review
- The LIVERAID (LIVER And Infectious Diseases)-ICU score predicts in-hospital mortality in liver cirrhosis patients with infections in the intensive care unit.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2024Article
- The Value of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio to Identify Bacterial Infection and Predict Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Acutely Decompensated Cirrhosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Post-chemoembolization Syndrome After Chemo-Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Thailand.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- Platelet-to-White Blood Cell Ratio Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Deterioration.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Article
- BDNF gene polymorphism and serum level correlate with liver function in patients with hepatitis B-induced cirrhosis.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019Article
- High Prevalence of Hormonal Changes and Hepatic Osteodystrophy in Frail Patients with Cirrhosis-An Observational Study.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
- The Hepato-Cardio-Renal Axis in Cirrhosis: Hemodynamic and Mechanistic Insights, Diagnostic Biomarkers, and Expanding Therapeutic Horizons.Discoveries (Craiova, Romania)Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe diagnosis of bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients may be difficult, because of the absence of classical signs such as fever and raised white blood cell count. The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in this context has not been clearly defined.
methodsClinical and laboratory characteristics of 210 consecutive cirrhotic patients with (n=100) or without (n=110) bacterial infection were compared with a control group of non-cirrhotic patients with infection (n=106).
resultsSignificantly fewer patients with cirrhosis had a body temperature ≥37°C when presenting with bacterial infection (56% cirrhotic vs. 85.5% non-cirrhotic patients, P=0.01). Mean leukocyte count was 6.92 × 10
conclusionsCRP at admission could help diagnose infection in cirrhotic patients. Since the severity of liver disease seems to affect the CRP values, lower CRP levels might indicate infection. Clinical suspicion is necessary to avoid delay in diagnosis and initiate antibiotic treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.