Liver cirrhosis is an increasing health burden and public health concern. Regardless of
etiology, patients with cirrhosis are at risk of a range of life-threatening complications …

Patients with cirrhosis are immunocompromised and susceptible to infections. Although
detection and treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) have improved, overall …

Background Long-term macrolide treatment has proven benefit in inflammatory airways
diseases, but whether it leads to changes in the composition of respiratory microbiota is …

CD4 T helper (Th) cell differentiation into distinct T cell subsets is critical to the normal
function of the immune system. Until recently, the paradigm held that naïve T cells …

Liver cirrhosis is a paradigm of intestinal dysbiosis. The qualitative and quantitative
derangement of intestinal microbial community reported in cirrhotic patients seems to be …

Abstract Background & Aims Bacterial strains resistant to antibiotics are a serious clinical
challenge. We assessed the antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria isolated from infections in …

The multiplex PCR is a powerful and efficient tool that was widely used during the COVID-19
pandemic to diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infections and that has applications for bacterial …

The identification of pathogens in ascitic fluid is standardly performed by ascitic fluid culture,
but this standard procedure often needs several days. Additionally, more than half of the …

Abstract Background & Aims Circulating and peritoneal fragments of microbial DNA (bact
DNA) are evidence for bacterial translocation in decompensated cirrhosis and may serve as …

Objectives: Infections of the ascitic fluid are serious conditions that require rapid diagnosis
and treatment. Ascites is often accompanied by other critical pathologies such as …