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Natural History of CirrhosisOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Patients with cirrhosis have an increased risk of developing bacterial infections and sepsis, compared to the general population, and bacterial infection has been associated with a 4‐fold increase in mortality risk in patients with cirrhosis. Among infections, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the most frequent, life‐threatening in these patients. SBP is defined as a bacterial infection of ascitic fluid developed in patients without any intra-abdominal, surgically treatable source of infection.