ArticleVirulence2025
Association between early antibiotic treatment after admission and mortality of acute-on-chronic liver failure patients with bacterial infection: A multicenter retrospective study.
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- Microbiological profile and 28-day mortality prediction model for bloodstream infection in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
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- Development and validation of transient receptor potential channel-related signature for predicting prognosis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.Oncology letters · 2025Article
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Abstract
Bacterial infection is a significant risk factor in the onset and development of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Although early broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment is recommended, the optimal time to initiate antibiotic therapy remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the timing of antibiotic treatment and the prognosis of ACLF patients with bacterial infection. Patients with ACLF and bacterial infections upon admission were retrospectively evaluated. The predictors of 28-day mortality were identified using univariate, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis, and multivariate logistic regression analyses. The "survminer" R package was used to categorize patients into two groups based on a 6-h threshold: early antibiotic administration (<6 h of admission) and later antibiotic administration (≥6 h after admission). A total of 295 patients were evaluated. The lungs were the most common site of infection (61.7% of patients had lung infections), followed by the peritoneum (25.4% of patients had spontaneous bacterial peritonitis). The time to first antibiotic administration was an independent predictor of 28-day mortality, and the odds of mortality increased by 2% for each hourly delay in antibiotic administration after admission. In Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, both 28-day and 90-day mortality rates were significantly lower in the early antibiotic group than in the later antibiotic group (both
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