Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a disorder of brain function as a result of liver failure
or portosystemic shunt or both. Both hepatic encephalopathy (clinically overt) and minimal …

Acute and chronic liver diseases are frequently complicated by infections, which result in
increased morbidity and mortality and place an economic burden on health care systems …

BACKGROUND/AIM: Endotoxaemia contributes to neutrophil dysfunction, infection risk and
mortality in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. As probiotics may decrease Gram-negative gut …

OBJECTIVES: Elucidating the minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE)-associated gut
microbiome may help in predicting and lowering the high risk for MHE in patients with …

The costs of developing a probiotic or prebiotic ingredient have always been substantial.
Ingredient characterization, evaluation of technological and physiological properties, and …

Lactose is the precursor for a number of compounds derived by chemical, physical or
enzymatic conversion that have an established and expanding place in the health and food …

Multi-drug resistant microbes are becoming a serious threat to health security and the
economy. Antibiotic resistance results from the overuse of antibiotics for healthcare and …

Background: In cirrhosis, a pathological gut microbiome has been linked with immune
dysfunction. A pilot study of probiotic Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) in alcoholic cirrhosis …

Experimental studies demonstrated that fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) may reverse
intestinal microbial dysbiosis. In this retrospective case series, we share our experience of …

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious but usually reversible neuropsychiatric
complication of cirrhosis, inborn errors of metabolism involving disorders of the urea cycle …