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Chikhacheva EA, Seliverstov PV, Sitkin SI, Dobritsa VP, Radchenko VG. [Tactics for the correction of intestinal microbiocenotic disorders in the combination therapy of patients with chronic liver diseases]. TERAPEVT ARKH 2014; 86:52-57. [PMID: 24864468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the efficacy of the symbiotic Linex used in the combination therapy of liver cirrhosis (LC). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy-four patients with LC, including 44 who received additionally the symbiotic Linex and 30 who had conventional therapy, were examined. All the patients underwent clinical and biochemical blood tests, abdominal ultrasonography, fecal test for bacteria, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the blood composition of microbial markers, number connecting test, and quality-of-life assessment (SF-36). RESULTS The symbiotic-treated patients showed a significant improvement in biochemical parameters (decreases in transaminase activities, bilirubin levels, hepatic protein-synthetic function--there were elevations in the concentrations of total protein from 74.0 +/- 0.50 to 78.1 +/- 0.80 g/l (p < 0.05) and albumin from 30.6 +/- 1.7 to 35.5 +/- 1.6 g/l (p < 0.05). There were also increases in the count of bifidobacteria from 8.7 +/- 0.1 to 9.1 +/- 0.1 Ig CFU/g (p < 0.05), lactobacilli from 5.0 +/- 0.2 to 5.2 +/- 0.2 Ig CFU/g (p < 0.05) and in the total count of Escherichia coli from 7.6 +/- 0.3 to 7.9 +/- 0.3 Ig CFU/g (p < 0.05); a tendency for normalization of microbial markers was revealed by mass spectrometry; the manifestations of hepatic encephalopathy were alleviated (the number connecting test showed a reduction from 51.0 +/- 3.58 to 29.7 +/- 4.10 sec (p < 0.05)), and the quality of life improved. CONCLUSION By normalizing enteric microbiocenosis, the symbiotic Linex positively affects the course and prognosis of LC and it is both a symptomatic and pathogenetic agent for the treatment of patients.
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Anikina EV, Kovtun AV, Iakovenko AV, Gioeva IZ, Iakovenko ÉP, Agafonova NA, Ivanov AN, Volosheĭnikova TV, Grigor'eva IV. [Disorders of gut microflora in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension]. Eksp Klin Gastroenterol 2014:20-23. [PMID: 26058107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A total of 85 patients with alcoholic and viral cirrhosis were included in study to assess the prevalence of dysbiosis and its relationship with the severity of disease, and with development of dyspeptic disorders. Intestinal bacterial over-growth was measured by means of a lactulose breath test, fecal flora was cultured under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Intestinal bacterial overgrowth and colon dysbiosis were determined in 82.4% of patients with equal prevalence in alcoholic and viral cirrhosis. Intestinal dysbiosis was found to be risk factor of increasing cirrhosis severity and liver dysfunction, as well as development of complications of portal hypertension. It was documented, that intestinal dyspepsia syndrome in cirrhotic patients is strongly associated with the presence of gut microflora disorders.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Breath Tests
- Dysbiosis/complications
- Dysbiosis/epidemiology
- Dysbiosis/microbiology
- Feces/microbiology
- Female
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/complications
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/microbiology
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/virology
- Humans
- Hypertension, Portal/epidemiology
- Hypertension, Portal/etiology
- Hypertension, Portal/microbiology
- Intestines/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/complications
- Liver Cirrhosis/epidemiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/virology
- Male
- Microbiota
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Furusho H, Miyauchi M, Hyogo H, Inubushi T, Ao M, Ouhara K, Hisatune J, Kurihara H, Sugai M, Hayes CN, Nakahara T, Aikata H, Takahashi S, Chayama K, Takata T. Dental infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis exacerbates high fat diet-induced steatohepatitis in mice. J Gastroenterol 2013; 48:1259-70. [PMID: 23307045 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0738-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the effects of dental infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.g.), an important periodontal pathogen, on NASH progression, by feeding mice a high fat diet (HFD)and examining P.g. infection in the liver of NASH patients. METHODS C57BL/6J mice were fed either chow-diet (CD) or HFD for 12 weeks, and then half of the mice in each group were infected with P.g. from the pulp chamber (HFD-P.g.(-), HFD-P.g.(+), CD-P.g.(-) and CD-P.g.(+)). Histological and immunohistochemical examinations, measurement of serum lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels and ELISA for cytokines in the liver were performed. We then studied the effects of LPS from P.g. (P.g.-LPS) on palmitate-induced steatotic hepatocytes in vitro, and performed immunohistochemical detection of P.g. in liver biopsy specimens of NASH patients. RESULTS Serum levels of LPS are upregulated in P.g.(+) groups. Steatosis of the liver developed in HFD groups, and foci of Mac2-positive macrophages were prominent in HFD-P.g.(+). P.g. was detected in Kupffer cells and hepatocytes. Interestingly, areas of fibrosis with proliferation of hepatic stellate cells and collagen formation were only observed in HFD-P.g.(+). In steatotic hepatocytes, expression of TLR2, one of the P.g.-LPS receptors, was upregulated. P.g.-LPS further increased mRNA levels of palmitate-induced inflammasome and proinflammatory cytokines in steatotic hepatocytes. We demonstrated for the first time that P.g. existed in the liver of NASH patients with advanced fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS Dental infection of P.g. may play an important role in NASH progression through upregulation of the P.g.-LPS-TLR2 pathway and activation of inflammasomes. Therefore, preventing and/or eliminating P.g. infection by dental therapy may have a beneficial impact on management of NASH.
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- Hisako Furusho
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathobiology, Basic Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan
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Rogers GB, van der Gast CJ, Bruce KD, Marsh P, Collins JE, Sutton J, Wright M. Ascitic microbiota composition is correlated with clinical severity in cirrhosis with portal hypertension. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74884. [PMID: 24086392 PMCID: PMC3783492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Identification of pathogenic bacteria in ascites correlates with poor clinical outcomes. Ascites samples are commonly reported culture-negative, even where frank infection is indicated. Culture-independent methods have previously reported bacterial DNA in ascites, however, whether this represents viable bacterial populations has not been determined. We report the first application of 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and quantitative PCR in conjunction with propidium monoazide sample treatment to characterise the viable bacterial composition of ascites. Twenty five cirrhotic patients undergoing paracentesis provided ascites. Samples were treated with propidium monoazide to exclude non-viable bacterial DNA. Total bacterial load was quantified by 16S rRNA Q-PCR with species identity and relative abundance determined by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing. Correlation of molecular microbiology data with clinical measures and diagnostic microbiology was performed. Viable bacterial signal was obtained in 84% of ascites samples, both by Q-PCR and pyrosequencing. Approximately 190,000 ribosomal pyrosequences were obtained, representing 236 species, including both gut and non gut-associated species. Substantial variation in the species detected was observed between patients. Statistically significant relationships were identified between the bacterial community similarity and clinical measures, including ascitic polymorphonuclear leukocyte count and Child-Pugh class. Viable bacteria are present in the ascites of a majority of patients with cirrhosis including those with no clinical signs of infection. Microbiota composition significantly correlates with clinical measures. Entry of bacteria into ascites is unlikely to be limited to translocation from the gut, raising fundamental questions about the processes that underlie the development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
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- Geraint B. Rogers
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Health Protection Agency, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Hepatology Group, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Health Protection Agency, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Hepatology Group, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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PURPOSE The association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients is controversial. We aimed to clarify this controvercy by performing a meta-analysis of published studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane library for studies which explored the association between H. pylori and blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients before May 2012. Six cohort studies involved in 632 H. pylori positive and 396 H. pylori negative cirrhotic patients were eligible for our analysis. The summary estimates were presented as standard means differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from individual studies. RESULTS Overall, there was significant association between H. pylori infection and the elevated blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients (SMD=0.34, 95% CI=0.21-0.47, I²=42.1%). Sensitivity analysis further confirmed this association. Subgroup analysis showed that the association was found only in Asian ethnicity, but not in Caucasian ethnicity. CONCLUSION H. pylori infection is associated with elevated blood ammonia levels in cirrhotic patients, and more large scale studies and stratify analysis are warranted in order to further evaluate this association.
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- Hai-Xing Jiang
- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Shuang-Yong Road 6, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, PR China.
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Gómez-Garcés JL, Gil Y, Burillo A, Wilhelmi I, Palomo M. [Diseases associated with bloodstream infections caused by the new species included in the old Streptococcus bovis group]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2012; 30:175-179. [PMID: 22377494 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09,015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We sought to identify possible diseases associated with bloodstream infections caused by new species of S. bovis group isolated in blood cultures and by studying patient records METHODS Forty-four consecutive blood culture isolates initially designated S. bovis were further characterised using phenotypic methods Patient records were examined. RESULTS We identified 15 Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus, 24 Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus, and 5 Streptococcus infantarius isolates in 44 BSI episodes. CONCLUSIONS The association between S. bovis bacteraemia and endocarditis and/or colon carcinoma is highly dependent on the causative species. Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus is a surrogate for endocarditis and/or bowel disease, whereas Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus is a surrogate for hepato-biliary disease.
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- Adenoma, Villous/epidemiology
- Adenoma, Villous/etiology
- Adenoma, Villous/microbiology
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bacteremia/epidemiology
- Bacteremia/microbiology
- Biliary Tract Diseases/epidemiology
- Biliary Tract Diseases/microbiology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/microbiology
- Causality
- Colonic Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Colonic Neoplasms/etiology
- Colonic Neoplasms/microbiology
- Colonic Polyps/epidemiology
- Colonic Polyps/etiology
- Colonic Polyps/microbiology
- Comorbidity
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Endocarditis, Bacterial/epidemiology
- Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology
- Female
- Heart Valve Diseases/epidemiology
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Humans
- Intestines/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/epidemiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
- Liver Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Liver Neoplasms/microbiology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Prosthesis-Related Infections/epidemiology
- Prosthesis-Related Infections/microbiology
- Spain/epidemiology
- Species Specificity
- Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology
- Streptococcal Infections/microbiology
- Streptococcus bovis/classification
- Streptococcus bovis/drug effects
- Streptococcus bovis/isolation & purification
- Streptococcus bovis/pathogenicity
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Xu M, Wang B, Fu Y, Chen Y, Yang F, Lu H, Chen Y, Xu J, Li L. Changes of fecal Bifidobacterium species in adult patients with hepatitis B virus-induced chronic liver disease. Microb Ecol 2012; 63:304-313. [PMID: 21814872 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9925-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The beneficial effects of Bifidobacteria on health have been widely accepted. Patients with chronic liver disease have varying degrees of intestinal microflora imbalance with a decrease of total Bifidobacterial counts. Since different properties have been attributed to different Bifidobacterium species and there is no information available for the detailed changes in the genus Bifidobacterium in patients with chronic liver disease heretofore, it is meaningful to investigate the structure of this bacterium at the species level in these patients. The aim of this study was to characterize the composition of intestinal Bifidobacterium in patients with hepatitis B virus-induced chronic liver disease. Nested-PCR-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE), clone library, and real-time quantitative PCR were performed on the fecal samples of 16 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB patients), 16 patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis (HBV cirrhotics), and 15 healthy subjects (Controls). Though there was no significant difference in the diversity among the three groups (P = 0.196), Bifidobacterium dentium seems to be specifically enhanced in patients as the PCR-DGGE profiles showed, which was further validated by clone library and real-time quantitative PCR. In contrast to the B. dentium, Bifidobacterium catenulatum/Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum were detected less frequently in the predominant profile and by quantitative PCR in HBV cirrhotics than in the controls, and the level of this species was also significantly different between these two groups (P = 0.023). Although having no quantitative difference among the three groups, Bifidobacterium longum was less commonly detected in HBV cirrhotics than in CHB patients and Controls by quantitative PCR (P = 0.011). Thus, the composition of intestinal Bifidobacterium was deeply altered in CHB and HBV cirrhotic patients with a shift from beneficial species to opportunistic pathogens. The results provide further insights into the dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota in patients with hepatitis B virus-induced chronic liver disease and might potentially serve as guidance for the probiotics interventions of these diseases.
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- Min Xu
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
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Chuang HC, Ho YH, Lay CJ, Wang LS, Tsai YS, Tsai CC. Different clinical characteristics among Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria and Aeromonas caviae monomicrobial bacteremia. J Korean Med Sci 2011; 26:1415-20. [PMID: 22065896 PMCID: PMC3207043 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.11.1415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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This study aimed to compare the clinical presentations of Aeromonas hydrophila, A. veronii biovar sobria and A. caviae monomicrobial bacteremia by a retrospective method at three hospitals in Taiwan during an 8-yr period. There were 87 patients with A. hydrophila bacteremia, 45 with A. veronii biovar sobria bacteremia and 22 with A. caviae bacteremia. Compared with A. hydrophila and A. veronii biovar sobria bacteremia, A. caviae bacteremia was more healthcare-associated (45 vs 30 and 16%; P = 0.031). The patients with A. caviae bacteremias were less likely to have liver cirrhosis (27 vs 62 and 64%; P = 0.007) and severe complications such as shock (9 vs 40 and 47%; P = 0.009) and thrombocytopenia (45 vs 67 and 87%; P = 0.002). The APACHE II score was the most important risk factor of Aeromonas bacteremia-associated mortalities. The APACHE II scores of A. caviae bacteremias were lower than A. hydrophila bacteremia and A. veronii biovar sobria bacteremia (7 vs 14 and 16 points; P = 0.002). In conclusion, the clinical presentation of A. caviae bacteremia was much different from A. hydrophila and A. veronii biovar sobria bacteremia. The severity and mortality of A. caviae bacteremia were lower than A. hydrophila or A. veronii biovar sobria bacteremia.
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- Han-Chuan Chuang
- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Sandler NG, Koh C, Roque A, Eccleston JL, Siegel RB, DeMino M, Kleiner DE, Deeks SG, Liang TJ, Heller T, Douek DC. Host response to translocated microbial products predicts outcomes of patients with HBV or HCV infection. Gastroenterology 2011; 141:1220-30, 1230.e1-3. [PMID: 21726511 PMCID: PMC3186837 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Chronic infection with hepatitis B or C virus (HBV or HCV) is a leading cause of cirrhosis by unknown mechanisms of pathogenesis. Translocation of gut microbial products into the systemic circulation might increase because of increased intestinal permeability, bacterial overgrowth, or impaired clearance of microbial products by Kupffer cells. We investigated whether the extent and progression of liver disease in patients with chronic HBV or HCV infection are associated with microbial translocation and subsequent activation of monocytes. METHODS In a retrospective study, we analyzed data from 16 patients with minimal fibrosis, 68 with cirrhosis, and 67 uninfected volunteers. We analyzed plasma levels of soluble CD14 (sCD14), intestinal fatty acid binding protein, and interleukin-6 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by the limulus amebocyte lysate assay, at presentation and after antiviral treatment. RESULTS Compared with uninfected individuals, HCV- and HBV-infected individuals had higher plasma levels of LPS, intestinal fatty acid binding protein (indicating enterocyte death), sCD14 (produced upon LPS activation of monocytes), and interleukin-6. Portal hypertension, indicated by low platelet counts, was associated with enterocyte death (P=.045 at presentation, P<.0001 after therapy). Levels of sCD14 correlated with markers of hepatic inflammation (P=.02 for aspartate aminotransferase, P=.002 for ferritin) and fibrosis (P<.0001 for γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, P=.01 for alkaline phosphatase, P<.0001 for α-fetoprotein). Compared to subjects with minimal fibrosis, subjects with severe fibrosis at presentation had higher plasma levels of sCD14 (P=.01) and more hepatic CD14+ cells (P=.0002); each increased risk for disease progression (P=.0009 and P=.005, respectively). CONCLUSIONS LPS-induced local and systemic inflammation is associated with cirrhosis and predicts progression to end-stage liver disease in patients with HBV or HCV infection.
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Translocation
- Biomarkers/blood
- Biopsy
- Cell Death
- Disease Progression
- End Stage Liver Disease/microbiology
- End Stage Liver Disease/virology
- Enterocytes/microbiology
- Enterocytes/pathology
- Enterocytes/virology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/blood
- Female
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/complications
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/diagnosis
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/immunology
- Hepatitis B, Chronic/microbiology
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/complications
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/diagnosis
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/immunology
- Hepatitis C, Chronic/microbiology
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Hypertension, Portal/microbiology
- Hypertension, Portal/virology
- Interleukin-6/blood
- Intestines/immunology
- Intestines/microbiology
- Intestines/pathology
- Intestines/virology
- Kupffer Cells/microbiology
- Kupffer Cells/virology
- Limulus Test
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/blood
- Lipopolysaccharides/blood
- Liver Cirrhosis/diagnosis
- Liver Cirrhosis/immunology
- Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/virology
- Logistic Models
- Male
- Maryland
- Middle Aged
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/microbiology
- Monocytes/virology
- Odds Ratio
- Retrospective Studies
- Severity of Illness Index
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- Netanya G. Sandler
- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- HIV/AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892
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Gundling F, Schmidtler F, Hapfelmeier A, Schulte B, Schmidt T, Pehl C, Schepp W, Seidl H. Fecal calprotectin is a useful screening parameter for hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. Liver Int 2011; 31:1406-15. [PMID: 22093455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bacterial translocation, causing intestinal inflammation, is one of the key mechanisms in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) The presence of fecal calprotectin quantitatively relates to intestinal neutrophil migration and is therefore considered as a marker of intestinal inflammation. We aimed to assess the role of fecal calprotectin concentrations (FCCs) in diagnosing the onset and severity of HE and SBP. METHODS Sixty-one cirrhotics were prospectively included. Forty-two subjects served as controls. Several complications of cirrhosis were diagnosed by reference methods. Stool samples were collected for measuring FCCs. Patients revealing other causes of abnormal calprotectin results, e.g. gastrointestinal bleeding or inflammatory bowel disease were excluded. Multivariate analysis of cirrhosis-associated complications and their relation to FCCs was performed. RESULTS Fecal calprotectin concentrations were higher in cirrhotics compared with controls (P<0.001). Among cirrhotics, FCCs were elevated dependent on the severity of liver disease as assessed by Child- and model for end-stage liver disease-scores. The corresponding correlation co-efficients by Spearman's were 0.577 (P<0.001) and 0.303 (P=0.018) respectively. A correlation emerged between elevated FCCs and HE grading as measured by West-Haven criteria and critical flicker frequency (both P<0.001; sensitivity=0.94 and 0.93, specificity=0.95 and 0.89 respectively) and SBP (P<0.02; sensitivity=0.71, specificity=0.79). FCCs were higher in cirrhotic subjects with additional extra-intestinal inflammation (P<0.01; sensitivity=0.65, specificity=0.8). The Pearsons correlation coefficients were 0.190 and 0.164 revealing no influence (P=0.142 and P=0.207) of laboratory parameters of systemic inflammation on FCCs in cirrhotic subgroup. CONCLUSIONS Fecal calprotectin concentrations serve as a screening tool for HE and SBP. Assessment of FCCs may faciliate grading of HE-severity.
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- Felix Gundling
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Thomas V. Routine analysis of cirrhotic ascites for evidence of infection - not worth the effort? Indian J Gastroenterol 2011; 30:201-3. [PMID: 21986857 DOI: 10.1007/s12664-011-0136-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Kalambokis GN, Mouzaki A, Rodi M, Pappas K, Tsianos EV. Bacterial translocation attenuates the systemic hemodynamic improvement produced by terlipressin in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 2011; 54:743-4; author reply 744. [PMID: 21567438 DOI: 10.1002/hep.24424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Chen Y, Yang F, Lu H, Wang B, Chen Y, Lei D, Wang Y, Zhu B, Li L. Characterization of fecal microbial communities in patients with liver cirrhosis. Hepatology 2011; 54:562-72. [PMID: 21574172 DOI: 10.1002/hep.24423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 701] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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UNLABELLED Liver cirrhosis is the pathologic end stage of chronic liver disease. Increasing evidence suggests that gut flora is implicated in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis complications. The aim of this study was to characterize the fecal microbial community in patients with liver cirrhosis in comparison with healthy individuals. We recruited 36 patients with liver cirrhosis and 24 healthy controls. The fecal microbial communities was analyzed by way of 454 pyrosequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA V3 region followed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Community-wide changes of fecal microbiota in liver cirrhosis were observed compared with healthy controls. The proportion of phylum Bacteroidetes was significantly reduced (P=0.008), whereas Proteobacteria and Fusobacteria were highly enriched in the cirrhosis group (P=0.001 and 0.002, respectively). Enterobacteriaceae (P=0.001), Veillonellaceae (P=0.046), and Streptococcaceae (P=0.001) were prevalent in patients with cirrhosis at the family level. A positive correlation was observed between Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score and Streptococcaceae (R=0.386, P=0.02). Lachnospiraceae decreased significantly in patients with cirrhosis (P=0.004) and correlated negatively with CTP score (R=-0.49, P=0.002). Using partial least square discriminate analysis, we identified 149 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) as key phylotypes that responded to cirrhosis, most of which were Lachnospiraceae (65 OTUs), Streptococcaceae (23 OTUs), and Veillonellaceae (21 OTUs). CONCLUSION Fecal microbial communities are distinct in patients with cirrhosis compared with healthy individuals. The prevalence of potentially pathogenic bacteria, such as Enterobacteriaceae and Streptococcaceae, with the reduction of beneficial populations such as Lachnospiraceae in patients with cirrhosis may affect prognosis.
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- Yanfei Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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Chung KS, Kim YK, Song YG, Kim CO, Han SH, Chin BS, Gu NS, Jeong SJ, Baek JH, Choi JY, Kim HY, Kim JM. Clinical review of endogenous endophthalmitis in Korea: a 14-year review of culture positive cases of two large hospitals. Yonsei Med J 2011; 52:630-4. [PMID: 21623606 PMCID: PMC3104444 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To identify the clinical features and outcomes of endogenous endophthalmitis in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed 18 patients with endogenous endophthalmitis at 2 Korean hospitals, treated over a 14 year period between January 1993 and December 2006. RESULTS The comorbidities observed in these cases were diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis. The most common pathogens, which were found in 7 patients each (38.9%), were Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All patients were treated with systemic antibiotics and fortified topical antibiotics. A surgical approach including vitrectomy was performed in 9 cases (50.0%). The prognosis was generally poor, and visual acuity improved slightly in 6 patients (33.3%). CONCLUSION In this study, diabetes mellitus and Klebsiella pneumonia showed a close relationship with endogenous endophthalmitis, respectively. Endogenous endophthalmitis is a serious risk to sight and careful attention to establishing the diagnosis and management may decrease the ocular morbidity.
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- Kyu Sik Chung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kim DS, Wi YM, Choi JY, Peck KR, Song JH, Ko KS. Bacteremia caused by Laribacter hongkongensis misidentified as Acinetobacter lwoffii: report of the first case in Korea. J Korean Med Sci 2011; 26:679-81. [PMID: 21532861 PMCID: PMC3082122 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.5.679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Laribacter hongkongensis is an emerging pathogen in patients with community-acquired gastroenteritis and traveler's diarrhea. We herein report a case of L. hongkongensis infection in a 24-yr-old male with liver cirrhosis complicated by Wilson's disease. He was admitted to a hospital with only abdominal distension. On day 6 following admission, he complained of abdominal pain and his body temperature reached 38.6℃. The results of peritoneal fluid evaluation revealed a leukocyte count of 1,180/µL (polymorphonuclear leukocyte 74%). Growth on blood culture was identified as a gram-negative bacillus. The isolate was initially identified as Acinetobacter lwoffii by conventional identification methods in the clinical microbiology laboratory, but was later identified as L. hongkongensis on the basis of molecular identification. The patient was successfully treated with cefotaxime. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first report of hospital-acquired L. hongkongensis bacteremia with neutrophilic ascites.
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- Dae Sik Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID), Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
- Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID), Seoul, Korea
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Lu H, Wu Z, Xu W, Yang J, Chen Y, Li L. Intestinal microbiota was assessed in cirrhotic patients with hepatitis B virus infection. Intestinal microbiota of HBV cirrhotic patients. Microb Ecol 2011; 61:693-703. [PMID: 21286703 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9801-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/29/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To unravel the profile of intestinal microecological parameters in Chinese patients with asymptomatic carriage of hepatitis B virus (HBV), chronic hepatitis B, decompensated HBV cirrhosis, and health controls and to establish their correlation with liver disease progression, we performed quantitative PCR and immunological techniques to investigate fecal parameters, including population of fecal predominant bacteria and the abundance of some virulence genes derived from Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, Clostridium difficile, and Clostridium perfringens in fecal crude DNA and some immunological parameters in extracts of all fecal samples. Data analysis indicated that 16S rRNA gene copy numbers for Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterobacteriaceae, bifidobacteria, and lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Leuconostoc, and Weissella) showed marked variation in the intestine of HBV cirrhotic patients. The Bifidobacteria/Enterobacteriaceae (B/E) ratio, which may indicate microbial colonization resistance of the bowel, was decreased significantly in turn from 1.15 ± 0.11 in healthy controls, 0.99 ± 0.09 in asymptomatic carriers, and 0.76 ± 0.08 in patients with chronic hepatitis B to 0.64 ± 0.09 in patients with decompensated HBV cirrhosis (for all, P < 0.01). This suggests that B/E ratio is useful for following the level of intestinal microecological disorder in the course of liver disease progression. The data for virulence gene abundance suggested increased diversity of virulence factors during liver disease progression. Fecal secretory IgA and tumor necrosis factor-α in decompensated HBV cirrhotic patients were present at higher levels than in other groups, which indicates that a complicated autoregulatory system tries to achieve a new intestinal microecological balance.
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- Haifeng Lu
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Lazebnik LB, Vinnitskaia EV, Drozdov VN, Osipov GA, Petrakov AV. [Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: scientific and practical achievements and prospects]. Eksp Klin Gastroenterol 2011:48-57. [PMID: 21563362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We presented the results of our research in comparison with the literature on the etiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) at liver cirrhosis (LC), complicated by ascites. Based on these data, was proposed a classification of SBP. Were identified criteria for early diagnosis of SBP on the basis of clinical manifestations of bacterial peritonitis, systemic inflammatory response, results of studies of ascitic fluid (AF) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In accordance with the proposed criteria was proposed a scheme for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of STDs. Presents data on the effectiveness of therapy and prevention of SBP. Denote the potential major long-term trends in the treatment of SBP in cirrhosis.
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Cao SG, Wu H, Xu CL, Cai ZZ, Yan J. [Effects of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth on bowel gas production in patients with liver cirrhosis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2010; 18:864-865. [PMID: 21138640 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2010.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Shu-guang Cao
- Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325027, China.
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Chen R, Chen XP, Lin QQ, Lin BL, Cao HJ. [Detection of Helicobacter species related genes coding for 16S rRNA in the liver tissue of patients with chronic liver disease]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2010; 30:131-132. [PMID: 20118002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the infection of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) in the liver tissue of patients with chronic liver disease and the association between Hp and chronic liver disease. METHODS Liver tissue samples were obtained by liver biopsy and surgical resection from 30 healthy subjects, 30 patients with chronic hepatitis, 30 with cirrhosis and 30 with liver cancer. All the samples were confirmed by pathological examination. The gene fragment coding for 16SrRNA were amplified by PCR with sequence analysis. RESULTS The PCR product of the 16SrRNA gene was 109 bp in length. Hp 16SrRNA was detected in 18 out of 30 liver biopsy samples from patients with primary cancer (60.0%), in 14 samples from patients with liver cirrhosis (47.0%), and in none of the samples from normal subjects or patients with chronic hepatitis. Sequencing analysis of Hp 16SrRNA gene in the liver tissue showed a 98.8% homology with the gene fragment encoding Hp 16SrRNA. CONCLUSION Hp is identified in the liver tissue of patients with chronic liver disease, suggesting the possible correlation between Hp infection and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Ren Chen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital , Guangzhou 510080, China.
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Fox JG, Shen Z, Muthupalani S, Rogers AR, Kirchain SM, Dewhirst FE. Chronic hepatitis, hepatic dysplasia, fibrosis, and biliary hyperplasia in hamsters naturally infected with a novel Helicobacter classified in the H. bilis cluster. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:3673-81. [PMID: 19759229 PMCID: PMC2772605 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00879-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Revised: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We recently described helicobacter-associated progressive, proliferative, and dysplastic typhlocolitis in aging (18- to 24-month-old) Syrian hamsters. Other pathogens associated with typhlocolitis in hamsters, Clostridium difficile, Lawsonia intracellularis, and Giardia spp., were not indentified. The presence of Helicobacter genus-specific DNA was noted by PCR in cecal and paraffin-embedded liver samples from aged hamsters by the use of Helicobacter-specific PCR primers. By 16S rRNA analysis, the Helicobacter sp. isolated from the liver tissue was identical to the cecal isolates from hamsters. The six hamster 16S rRNA sequences form a genotypic cluster most closely related to Helicobacter sp. Flexispira taxon 8, part of the Helicobacter bilis/H. cinaedi group. Livers from aged helicobacter-infected hamsters showed various stages of predominantly portocentric and, to a lesser extent, perivenular fibrosis. Within nodules, there was cellular atypia consistent with nodular dysplasia. The livers also exhibited a range of chronic active portal/interface and lobular inflammation, with significant portal hepatitis being present. The inflammation was composed of a mixture of lymphocytes, neutrophils, and macrophages, indicative of its chronic-active nature in these aged hamsters infected with Helicobacter spp. The isolation of novel Helicobacter spp., their identification by PCR from the diseased livers of aged hamsters, and their taxonomic classification as belonging to the Helicobacter bilis cluster strengthen the argument that H. bilis and closely related Helicobacter spp. play an etiological role in hepatobiliary disease in both animals and humans.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biliary Tract Diseases/microbiology
- Biliary Tract Diseases/veterinary
- Cecum/microbiology
- Cluster Analysis
- Cricetinae
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Fibrosis/microbiology
- Fibrosis/veterinary
- Helicobacter/classification
- Helicobacter/genetics
- Helicobacter/isolation & purification
- Helicobacter/pathogenicity
- Helicobacter Infections/microbiology
- Helicobacter Infections/pathology
- Helicobacter Infections/veterinary
- Hepatitis, Chronic/microbiology
- Hepatitis, Chronic/pathology
- Hepatitis, Chronic/veterinary
- Hyperplasia/microbiology
- Hyperplasia/veterinary
- Inflammation/pathology
- Liver/microbiology
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/pathology
- Liver Cirrhosis/veterinary
- Lymphocytes/immunology
- Macrophages/immunology
- Mesocricetus/microbiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neutrophils/immunology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- J G Fox
- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Bldg. 16-825, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Fujita T. How does bacterial DNA induce liver failure in cirrhosis? Hepatology 2009; 49:1393; author reply 1393-4. [PMID: 19330865 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Isaeva GS, Abuzarova ER, Valeeva IV, Pozdeev OK, Murav'eva EV. [Helicobacter pylori in patients with disorders of hepatobiliary system]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2009:96-101. [PMID: 19459487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AIM Detection of H. pylori in gastric mucosa, bile-excreting ducts, livertissue, and bile of patients with different disorders hepatobiliary system (HBS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-six patients (52 females and 24 males) with following diagnoses: chronic noncalculous cholecystitis (25 patients), gallstone disease (28), liver cirrhosis (12), ischemic heart disease (control group, n = 11), admitted to hospitals in Kazan and Zelenodolsk (Republic of Tatarstan), were examined. Mean age of the patients was 56.5 years. Samples of bile as well as tissues of liver, bile ducts and gastric mucosa were used as materials for tests. Polymerase chain reaction and culture method were used for H. pylori detection. RESULTS Analysis of obtained results showed association of clinical diagnosis and presence of H. pylori DNA in bile ducts mucosal epithelium. H. pylori was significantly more frequently detected in epithelium of bile ducts mucosa (66.7 +/- 13.6%) and bile(56 +/- 9.9%) than in liver tissue (33.3 +/- 13.6%) (p < 0.05). Rate of H. pylori detection in gastric mucosa (83.3 +/- 10.8% in patients with liver cirrhosis) correlated with its detection rate in bile ducts mucosa (66.7 +/- 13.6%). In the control group of 11 patients with ischemic heart disease H. pylori was not detected. In 16 samples of liver, bile ducts, and gastric tissues CagA-negative phenotype was observed. CONCLUSION Presence of H. pylori in liver, bile ducts and bile could point to possible role of its microorganism in pathogenesis of hepatobiliary diseases.
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Lazebnik LB, Vinnitskaia EV. [Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: pathogenesis problems]. TERAPEVT ARKH 2009; 81:83-87. [PMID: 19334499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mathurin S, Chapelet A, Spanevello V, Sayago G, Balparda C, Virga E, Beraudo N, Bartolomeo M. [Infections in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis]. Medicina (B Aires) 2009; 69:229-238. [PMID: 19435695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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We evaluated the prevalence and the clinical relevance of bacterial and nonbacterial infections in predominantly alcoholic cirrhotic patients, admitted to an intermediate complexity hospital, and we also compared the clinical characteristics, laboratory and evolution of these patients with and without bacterial infection in a prospective study of cohort. A total of 211 consecutive admissions in 132 cirrhotic patients, between April 2004 and July 2007, were included. The mean age was 51.8 (+/-8) years, being 84.8% male. The alcoholic etiology of cirrhosis was present in 95.4%. One hundred and twenty nine episodes of bacterial infections were diagnosed in 99/211 (46.9%) admissions, community-acquired in 79 (61.2%) and hospital-acquired in 50 (38.8%): spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (23.3%); urinary tract infection (21.7%); pneumonia (17.8%); infection of the skin and soft parts (17.1%), sepsis by spontaneous bacteremia (7.7%); other bacterial infections (12.4%). Gram-positive organisms were responsible for 52.2% of total bacterial infections documented cases. There were eight serious cases of tuberculosis, fungal and parasitic infections; the prevalence of tuberculosis was 6% with an annual mortality of 62.5%; 28.1% (9/32) of the coproparasitological examination had Strongyloides stercolaris. The in-hospital mortality was significantly higher in patients with bacterial infection than in non-infected patients (32.4% vs. 13.2%; p=0.02). The independent factors associated with mortality were bacterial infections, the score of Child-Pügh and creatininemia > 1.5 mg/dl. By the multivariate analysis, leukocytosis and hepatic encephalopathy degree III/IV were independent factors associated to bacterial infection. This study confirms that bacterial and nonbacterial infections are a frequent and severe complication in hospitalized cirrhotic patients, with an increase of in-hospital mortality.
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- Sebastián Mathurin
- Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Intendente Carrasco, Rosario, Santa Fe.
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Sugihara T, Koda M, Maeda Y, Matono T, Nagahara T, Mandai M, Ueki M, Murawaki Y. Rapid identification of bacterial species with bacterial DNA microarray in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Intern Med 2009; 48:3-10. [PMID: 19122350 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Early detection and identification of bacteria in ascitic fluid could result in more timely treatment of cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) or subclinical SBP. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a bacterial DNA microarray for the rapid diagnosis of SBP and rapid bacterial identification in cirrhotic patients with ascites. METHODS Thirty-seven cirrhotic patients with ascites (25 men and 12 women) participated. Ascitic fluid obtained from patients was tested by the bacterial DNA microarray method and by the conventional culture method. RESULTS SBP and bacterascites were diagnosed in 8 (16.7%) of 48 specimens by the conventional method. The bacterial DNA microarray proved the existence of bacteria in 6 (75%) of 8 samples with SBP or bacterascites using the conventional method as a gold standard. A corresponding rate of bacterial species identification between the two methods was found in 5 of 6 samples (83.3%). It took 1.47+/-0.96 and 5.14+/-2.6 days to receive the data by the microarray and conventional method, respectively (p<0.0001). After antibiotic therapy, the cumulative survival rate of recovered cases (n=8) was higher than that of unrecovered cases (n=5) (p=0.0008). CONCLUSION Although the detection rate of the bacterial DNA microarray was similar to the conventional culture method, the DNA microarray could identify pathogens about 4 times more rapidly than bacterial cultivation, thus rendering it useful for managing cirrhotic patients with ascites.
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- Takaaki Sugihara
- Division of Medicine and Clinical Science, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago
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Săndulache L, Stanciu C. [Prevalence and role of Helicobacter pylori infection in some gastroduodenal and hepatic complications in cirrhotic patients]. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2008; 112:890-895. [PMID: 20209758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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It has been clearly established that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric lymphoma MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) in the general population, but data regarding the prevalence and the role of H. pylori infection in liver cirrhosis are conflicting. Most serological studies estimated a high prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients with liver cirrhosis; however, when other methods (urea breath test, histology, culture, rapid urease test) were used, the overall H. pylori prevalence was similar to that in controls. Although the prevalence of both gastric ulcer (GU) and duodenal ulcer (DU) is higher in cirrhotic patients than in general population, the relationship between H. pylori infection and peptic ulcer in cirrhosis remains controversial. Our data regarding peptic ulcer prevalence in cirrhotic patients are in agreement with previous studies that suggest an increased prevalence of both GU and DU. The incidence of bleeding peptic ulcer is high in cirrhotic patients and carries an increased risk of complications or death in these patients and therefore eradication of H. pylori infection might be as effective in preventing ulcer relapse and bleeding as it is in noncirrhotic ulcer patients. Hepatic encephalopathy is a frecquent complication of liver cirrhosis, and it is widely accepted that ammonia plays a major role in its pathogenesis. The ammonia production by H. pylori urease does not increase blood ammonia levels during cirrhosis, and eradication of H. pylori infection does not affect hepatic encephalopathy status.
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- L Săndulache
- Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi
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Jiang CY, Wang BE, Chen D. [Protective effect of compound tongfu granule on intestinal mucosal barrier in patients with cirrhosis of decompensation stage]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2008; 28:784-787. [PMID: 19065889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the intestinal mucosal barrier protective effect of herbal medicine Compound Tongfu Granule (CTG) in patients with liver cirrhosis of decompensation stage. METHODS Fifty patients enrolled were randomly assigned to the control group (26 cases) and the CTG group (24 cases), and 30 healthy adults were set up as normal control. After 2-week treatment, the intestinal permeability (IP, represented by urinary lactulose/mannitol excretion rate), plasma endotoxin (EDT) level, and change of enteric bacteria (EB) in patients were observed before and after treatment, and compared with those in the normal control. RESULTS Before treatment, cirrhotic patients showed significantly higher levels of IP, EDT, and intestinal bacilli, but a lower amount of enteric bifidobacteria as compared with those the normal control. After 2-week treatment, levels of EDT and urinary excretion rate of lactulose in the CTG group were lowered more significantly than those in the control group (P < 0.05), while the amount of bifidobacteria in the CTG group increased accompanied with intestinal bacilli significantly lowered to near the levels in the normal control (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION CTG can improve the intestinal barrier function, correct the intestinal bacteria disturbance, and significantly reduce the entero-derived endotoxemia in cirrhotic patients of decompensation stage.
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- Chun-yan Jiang
- Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing.
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Jiang CY, Wang BE, Wang JC. [Relationships between ascitic bacterial DNA and plasma endotoxin, gut flora and intestinal permeability in cirrhotic patients]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2008; 16:594-598. [PMID: 18752746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship of ascitic bacterial DNA and plasma endotoxin, intestinal permeability, gut flora in cirrhotic patients. METHODS Fifty-five decompensated cirrhotic patients with ascites were included in the study. A paracentesis was performed for every patient at admission and ascites fluid was collected for bacterial DNA isolation and amplification, plus other routine studies and cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Plasma endotoxin, intestinal permeability, and gut flora were studied on the day following admission. Blood from the patients was obtained for routine hematologic, biochemical, and coagulation studies. Thirty healthy subjects were studied as normal controls. RESULTS No bacteria were found in the ascites cultures in the 55 patients, but bacterial DNA was found in 19 (34.55%). Compared with the bacterial DNA negative group, the bacterial DNA positive group showed a significantly lower level of PTA (t= -3.184, P=0.002), a higher Child-Pugh score (t=3.224, P=0.002) and a higher quantity of WBC in their ascitic fluid (t=4.088, P=0.001). Compared with normal controls, cirrhotic patients showed significantly higher levels of plasma endotoxin (t=13.705, P=0.000), lactulose/mannitol (L/M, t=28.568, P=0.000) in urine, and the quantity of enteric bacilli (t=2.912, P=0.005); the quantity of their intestinal bifidobacteria was significantly lower (t= -3.669, P=0.000). The variables correlative with the presence of bacterial DNA were the quantities of enteric bacilli (P=0.007) and PTA (P=0.011). CONCLUSION Intestinal bacterial overgrowth plays a key role in the pathogenesis of ascitic bacterial translocation (ABT) in cirrhotic patients. ABT is correlated with the degrees of the liver disease.
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- Chun-Yan Jiang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
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Dou XG. [Diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2008; 16:408-410. [PMID: 18578987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- Xiao-Guang Dou
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China.
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Almeida PRLD, Camargo NS, Arenz M, Tovo CV, Galperim B, Behar P. [Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: impact of microbiological changes]. Arq Gastroenterol 2008; 44:68-72. [PMID: 17639187 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032007000100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2006] [Accepted: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a serious complication in cirrhotic patients, and the changes in the microbiological characteristics reported in the last years are impacting the choice of antibiotic used in the treatment. AIM To evaluate the change in the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of the bacteria causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a 7 years period. METHODS All the cases of cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with positive cultural examination were retrospectively studied. Two periods were evaluated: 1997-1998 and 2002-2003. The most frequent infecting organisms and the sensitivity in vitro to antibiotics were registered. RESULTS In the first period (1997-1998) there were 33 cases, 3 (9%) with polymicrobial infection. The most common were: E.coli in 13 (36,11%), Staphylococcus coagulase-negative in 6 (16,66%), K. pneumoniae in 5 (13,88%), S. aureus in 4 (11,11%) and S. faecalis in 3 (8,33%). In 2003-2004, there were 43 cases, 2 (5%) with polymicrobial infection. The most frequent were: Staphylococus coagulase-negative in 16 (35,55%), S. aureus in 8 (17,77%), E. coli in 7 (15,55%) and K. pneumoniae in 3 (6,66%). No one was using antibiotic prophilaxys. The prevalence of S. aureus methicillin-resitant to quinolone and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole changed from 25% to 50%, and vancomicin was the only one with absolute activity during all the period. In the same way, the prevalence of E. coli resistant to third generation cephalosporin and to quinolone changed from 0% to 16%. CONCLUSION There was a modification of the bacterial population causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, with high frequency of gram-positive organisms, as well as an increase in the resistance to the traditionally recommended antibiotics. This study suggests a probable imminent inclusion of a drug against gram-positive organisms in the empiric treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
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Husová L, Juránková J, Lata J, Senkyrík M, Príbramská V, Dastych M, Kroupa R, Králová D. [Bacterial infection and its relation to the genesis and course of varicose hemorrhage]. Vnitr Lek 2007; 53:1255-1264. [PMID: 18357859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Acute hemorrhage from esophageal varices due to portal hypertension is a frequent and serious complication of liver cirrhosis. Bacterial infection may be one of the factors influencing such hemorrhage. Endotoxins may increase portal tension and at the same time result in primary hemostasis disorder, thus becoming one of the causes of hemorrhage. The authors of the paper compared the incidence of bacterial infection in 53 patients with varicose hemorrhage due to portal hypertension with 62 patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension without varicose hemorrhage. At least one pathogen was found in considerable 61.1% of the total of patients in the liver cirrhosis group, while the difference between the two groups was but insignificant. No statistically significant difference was found between the group of patients with hemorrhage and those without hemorrhage in terms of presence of bacterial infection in hemoculture, urine, throat, faeces and ascites, nor was there a difference in the etiology of the G+ bacteria, G- bacteria or fungi and yeast infectious agents in the hemoculture, urine, throat, faeces and ascites in either of the groups. No statistically significant difference was found in comparing the patients with a recurrence of hemorrhage (or with mortality) and with infection with those without recurrence of hemorrhage. Bacterial infection was more often found in patients with a recurrence of hemorrhage (75%) as compared with those without any recurrence (52%), and also in patients who died bacterial infection was proven more often than in those who survived (61.9% vs. 58.1%, respectively). There was no difference in morbidity or recurrence of hemorrhage between the patients treated with norfloxacin and ampicilin/sulbactam. No statistically significant difference was recorded between the 1st and 5th day in terms of decrease in bacterial infection. A significant difference was found in the urine etiological agent, where a significant increase in the share of fungal and yeast urine infection (p = 0.011) was recorded after the application of the therapy, as well as a drop in urine infection caused by the G- bacterial agent (p = 0.057).
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- Interní hepato-gastroenterologická klinika Lékarské fakulty MU a FN Brno.
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Xu MH, Qu Q, Zhang GY. [H.pylori in patients with cirrhosis and liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma]. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2007; 32:917-920. [PMID: 18007096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the prevalence of H.pylori infection in patients with cirrhosis, and liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC), and to investigate the relationship between H.pylori infection and liver cirrhosis, and liver cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients. METHODS Serum anti-H.pylori antibodies IgG (HpIgG) was measured by dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) in 101 liver cirrhosis and 42 liver cirrhosis with hepatoma patients and alpha-fetopro-tei(AFP)was determined by chemiluminescence. RESULTS HpIgG seroprevalence was 42.57% (43/101) in the liver cirrhosis patients, and 69.05% (29/42) in the liver cirrhosis with the HCC patients. HpIgG seropositivity in the liver cirrhosis with the HCC patients was higher than in those without HCC. HpIgG seropositivity in the HBV positive patients was higher than in the HBV negative patients (chi2=4.164, P=0.041). HpIgG seropositivity in the AFP abnormal patients was higher than in the AFP normal patients (chi2=4.695, P=0.030). CONCLUSION H.pylori may be a risk factor in patients with cirrhosis and HCC.
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- Mei-hua Xu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
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Francés R, González-Navajas JM, Zapater P, Muñoz C, Caño R, Pascual S, Santana F, Márquez D, Pérez-Mateo M, Such J. Translocation of bacterial DNA from Gram-positive microorganisms is associated with a species-specific inflammatory response in serum and ascitic fluid of patients with cirrhosis. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 150:230-7. [PMID: 17822441 PMCID: PMC2219344 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03494.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Translocation of bacterial-DNA in patients with cirrhosis and ascites triggers an innate immune response. Identification of characteristics to which this response is sensitive is relevant from a clinical standpoint. The aim of this study has been to determine if the proinflammatory immune response established in vivo in cirrhotic patients with ascites as a consequence of bacterial-DNA translocation is related to the identified bacterial species and their frequency of cytosine-guanosine content in serum and ascitic fluid. Patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites were included in the study and distributed into groups I and II according to the absence or presence of bacterial-DNA translocation, respectively. Serum and ascitic fluid levels of proinflammatory cytokines after normalization of bacterial-DNA concentration and the activated form of nuclear factor-kappa B in ascitic fluid pellets were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques. Translocation of bacterial-DNA with higher cytosine-guanosine content induced the highest cytokine response, which was higher than that in patients without bacterial-DNA translocation. The activated form of nuclear factor-kappa B in ascitic fluid pellets of patients with bacterial-DNA translocation was greater in patients with higher bacterial-DNA cytosine-guanosine content, whereas the amount of total nuclear factor-kappa B remained unaltered. Bacterial-DNA translocation induces a marked immune reaction in vivo in patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites which is related, among other factors, to the bacterial-DNA cytosine-guanosine content. Therefore, the host's immune response to bacterial-DNA translocation constitutes a species-specific phenomenon.
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- R Francés
- CIBERehd, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, and Liver Unit, Hospital General Universitario, Alicante, Spain
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Uchiyama M, Matsumoto M, Shimokawa K, Murashima N, Hayashi T. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in a patient with liver cirrhosis accompanying hepatitis B. Int J Infect Dis 2007; 11:466-7. [PMID: 17331784 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Prelipcean CC, Mihai C, Gogălniceanu P, Mitrică D, Drug VL, Stanciu C. Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi 2007; 111:575-583. [PMID: 18293684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The role of Helicobacter pylori (HP) in some digestive diseases (gastritis, ulcer, gastric cancer, MALT lymphoma) is well known. It has been suggested relatively recently that infection with HP can be involved in various extra-digestive conditions: respiratory disorders (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma); vascular disorders (ischaemic heart disease, stroke, primary Raynaud phenomena, primary headache); autoimmune disorders (Sjogren syndrome, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, autoimmune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune thyroiditis, Parkinson's disease, idiopathic chronic urticaria, rosacea, alopecia areata); other disorders (iron deficiency anaemia, growth retardations, liver cirrhosis). Case studies, small patient series and non-randomized trials that have shown a beneficial effect of HP eradication in different conditions are not convincing. According to Mastricht III the only conditions where HP eradication is indicated are immune thrombocytopenic purpura and iron deficiency anaemia.
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Lai CC, Ding LW, Hsueh PR. Wound infection and septic shock due to Aeromonas trota in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44:1523-4. [PMID: 17479957 DOI: 10.1086/517850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Dai M. [A clinical analysis of digestive tract fungus infection in patients with liver cirrhosis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2007; 15:460-1. [PMID: 17594815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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- Min Dai
- Department of Digestive Diseases, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, China.
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Nousbaum JB, Cadranel JF, Nahon P, Khac EN, Moreau R, Thévenot T, Silvain C, Bureau C, Nouel O, Pilette C, Paupard T, Vanbiervliet G, Oberti F, Davion T, Jouannaud V, Roche B, Bernard PH, Beaulieu S, Danne O, Thabut D, Chagneau-Derrode C, de Lédinghen V, Mathurin P, Pauwels A, Bronowicki JP, Habersetzer F, Abergel A, Audigier JC, Sapey T, Grangé JD, Tran A. Diagnostic accuracy of the Multistix 8 SG reagent strip in diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Hepatology 2007; 45:1275-81. [PMID: 17464969 DOI: 10.1002/hep.21588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED Recent studies have shown that the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) can be rapidly obtained using leukocyte esterase reagent strips. However, published studies were restricted to one or two centers, and the number of patients with SBP was thus limited. The aims of the current prospective multicenter study were: (1) to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Multistix 8SG urine test for the diagnosis of SBP; and (2) to assess the prevalence of SBP. From January to May 2004, 2 reactive strips were tested independently in inpatients with cirrhosis and in outpatients undergoing paracentesis. Cultures of ascitic fluid were performed at the bedside using aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles. Two thousand one hundred twenty-three paracenteses were performed in 1,041 patients from 70 centers. One hundred seventeen samples, obtained from 91 patients, had ascites polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) counts>or=250/microl (range, 250-34,000), among which 56 were associated with positive ascitic fluid cultures. The prevalence of SBP was 5.5% in the whole population, 9% in inpatients, and 1.3% in outpatients (P<0.0001). The prevalence of SBP was 0.57% in asymptomatic outpatients versus 2.4% in symptomatic outpatients (P=0.04). Using a threshold of 2+ for positivity of the reagent strip, sensitivity was 45.3% for the diagnosis of SBP, specificity was 99.2%, positive predictive value was 77.9%, and negative predictive value was 96.9%. CONCLUSION This study confirms the low prevalence of SBP in asymptomatic outpatients according to a priori defined criteria, and indicates an absence of diagnostic efficacy for this specific strip test.
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- Jean-Baptiste Nousbaum
- Services d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie de, Brest, U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
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Seckin Y, Harputluoglu MMM, Batcioglu K, Karincaoglu M, Yildirim B, Oner RI, Uyumlu B, Aydogdu N, Hilmioglu F. Gastric tissue oxidative changes in portal hypertension and cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52:1154-8. [PMID: 17345161 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9139-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2005] [Accepted: 11/10/2005] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Gastric mucosal lesions are very common in portal hypertension and cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to assess for oxidative gastric tissue damage in cirrhosis and evaluate relations with portal hypertension and cirrhosis parameters. The study included 30 patients with cirrhosis and 30 controls. Each patient's history, physical examination, and laboratory findings were recorded, and multiple biopsies of the gastric antrum were obtained at endoscopy. A set of antral biopsies was also collected from each control subject. Each tissue specimen was analyzed for levels of glutathione peroxidase (GPX), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) activity and level of malondialdehyde (MDA). Patients' gastric GPX, SOD, and CAT levels were significantly lower, and MDA levels were higher, than in the control group. The GPX activity level in the specimens was moderately negatively correlated with portal vein diameter (P<0.05, r=-0.45) and spleen length (P<0.05, r=-0.45). In this study gastric tissue oxidative markers showed that antral oxidative factors worsen in cirrhosis. Oxidative stress may not be a clinical condition but it obviously shows gastric tissue damage and may explain many patients' gastric lesions and hemorrhage.
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- Yuksel Seckin
- Department of Gastroenterology and Biochemistry, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Tip Merkezi, 44000, Malatya, Turkey
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Hermans D, Talbotec C, Lacaille F, Goulet O, Ricour C, Colomb V. Early central catheter infections may contribute to hepatic fibrosis in children receiving long-term parenteral nutrition. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2007; 44:459-63. [PMID: 17414144 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e318031a5c7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bacterial infections in infants constitute a risk factor for parenteral nutrition (PN)-related cholestasis. The possible role of infections in the development of liver fibrosis, the most severe long-term complication, has yet to be documented. This study retrospectively compares the incidence of sepsis in children with and without severe liver fibrosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Medical reports of 30 children in prolonged PN programs between March 1985 and March 2000 were reviewed. Starting at birth, the mean PN duration was 65 months (range, 8-150 months). According to the results of liver biopsy (LB), patients were split into 2 groups: group A (n = 16) with severe liver fibrosis (ie, septal fibrosis involving >50% of portal fields or cirrhosis) and group B (n = 14) with normal hepatic architecture or mild fibrosis (<50% of portal fields). RESULTS Duration of PN at the time of LB was shorter in group A (30.5 months; range, 8-96 months) than in group B (105 months; range, 37-150 months; P < 0.001). In group A the incidence of sepsis was significantly higher than in group B (3.2 +/- 0.3/year vs 1.5 +/- 0.2/year) and the first infection occurred earlier (group A, 1 month [range, 1-2 months]; group B, 4 months [range, 1-19 months]). By contrast, both groups were similar in terms of pregnancy duration, birth weight, age of PN onset, underlying diseases, mode of PN delivery, and number of cholestasis episodes. CONCLUSIONS Incidence and early onset of infections may contribute to the development of liver fibrosis in cases of long-term PN. New strategies are required in prevention and treatment of infections in children receiving PN.
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- Dominique Hermans
- Department of Pediatrics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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Gaya DR, David B Lyon T, Clarke J, Jamdar S, Inverarity D, Forrest EH, John Morris A, Stanley AJ. Bedside leucocyte esterase reagent strips with spectrophotometric analysis to rapidly exclude spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a pilot study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007; 19:289-95. [PMID: 17353692 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0b013e328013e991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, a potentially fatal complication of cirrhotic ascites, is diagnosed when the polymorphonuclear leucocyte count in the ascitic fluid is>250/mm. Manual laboratory counting of ascitic polymorphonuclear leucocytes is, however, labour-intensive, costly, results in diagnostic delay and it is not available in all hospitals as part of the 'out-of-hours' service. Thus, a rapid diagnostic screening test for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis would be beneficial in this condition. An exciting new development in the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is the use of bedside reagent strips; yet, concerns regarding the inherent subjectivity of result reading have prevented the widespread adoption of this technique in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the combined use of a leucocyte esterase strip together with an objective portable spectrophotometric reading device in the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis when compared with standard manual laboratory polymorphonuclear leucocyte counting. METHODS Nonselected cirrhotic patients undergoing diagnostic paracentesis had an ascitic sample sent for a conventional polymorphonuclear leucocyte count, Gram stain and culture. In addition, a sample was tested with a bedside Multistix 10SG reagent strip and the result was analysed by the Clinitek Status. The strip test was considered positive if it read anything other than negative (i.e. 'trace', '+1', '+2' or '+3'). RESULTS The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of the reagent strips to diagnose correctly spontaneous bacterial peritonitis when compared with the manual laboratory polymorphonuclear leucocyte count were 100, 91, 50, 100 and 92%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Bedside leucocyte esterase strips, spectrophotometrically read, can reliably exclude spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with cirrhotic ascites. In our series, a negative strip result effectively ruled out this important condition, and suggests that the requirement for manual polymorphonuclear leucocyte counting in this setting could be removed.
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- Daniel R Gaya
- Department of Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
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Otsuka T, Noda T, Noguchi A, Nakamura H, Ibaraki K, Yamaoka K. Shewanella infection in decompensated liver disease: a septic case. J Gastroenterol 2007; 42:87-90. [PMID: 17322999 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-006-1957-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2006] [Accepted: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Shewanella species are an unusual cause of disease in humans. However, reports of Shewanella infections have been increasing, and hepatobiliary disease has been proposed as a predisposing factor following a critical course. We report the first Japanese septic case of decompensated liver disease in which this bacterium acted as a definite pathogen. A 67-year-old Japanese man with primary sclerosing cholangitis was admitted to our hospital complaining of fever, general fatigue, pain, and a rash on the lower left extremity. He was tentatively diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus because of his decompensated cirrhotic liver and history of consuming raw fish. Thereafter, the diagnosis was altered to cellulitis and Shewanella septicemia on the basis of the characteristics of his skin lesion and an arterial blood culture. He died of multiple organ failure on the eleventh day in the hospital. Since several reports have demonstrated that Shewanella can cause lethal sepsis in patients with hepatobiliary disease, we should be aware of the pathogenicity of this bacterium.
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- Taiga Otsuka
- Department of Internal Medicine, Karatsu Red Cross Hospital, 1-5-1 Futago, Karatsu, Saga, 847-8588, Japan
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Vaiphei K, Saikia UN, Thapa BR, Walker R, Sodhi KS, Dhiman RK. Macronodular cirrhosis and fever in a boy. Indian J Gastroenterol 2006; 25:251-5. [PMID: 17090844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kim Vaiphei
- Department of Histopathology, Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India.
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Someya T, Ikeda K, Saitoh S, Kobayashi M, Hosaka T, Sezaki H, Akuta N, Suzuki F, Suzuki Y, Arase Y, Kumada H. Interferon lowers tumor recurrence rate after surgical resection or ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study of patients with hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis. J Gastroenterol 2006; 41:1206-13. [PMID: 17287900 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-006-1912-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) often recurs after surgical or medical treatment. METHODS Eighty consecutive patients with HBV-positive cirrhosis and HCC who underwent potentially curative ablation for HCC were analyzed. Eleven patients received long-term interferon (IFN) therapy. HBV DNA was quantified at the time of HCC treatment. A DNA value of <6.0 log copies/ml was considered low. RESULTS Initial DNA was low in 39 and high in 41 patients. HCC recurrence rates in the low DNA group and high DNA group were 46.9% and 82.6% at the fifth year, and 73.5% and 91.3% at the tenth year, respectively (P = 0.0103). Similarly, recurrence rates after treatment of HCC in the normal aspartate aminotransferase (AST) group (<38 IU/l, n = 42) and abnormal AST group (n = 38) were 50.6% and 84.0% at the fifth year, and 71.3% and 100% at the tenth year, respectively (P = 0.0003). Six of the 38 patients with abnormal AST, and 5 of 42 patients with normal AST, received IFN after confirmation of tumor ablation. In the subgroup of abnormal AST, tumor recurrence rates in the IFN and untreated groups were 16.7% and 37.9% at the end of the first year, 16.7% and 60.1% at the second year, and 16.7% and 83.4% at the third year, respectively (P = 0.0139). Multivariate analysis revealed that IFN significantly reduced the recurrence rate (hazard ratio = 0.21, P = 0.037) even after adjusting for background characteristics. CONCLUSIONS IFN was inferred to decrease tumor recurrence after treatment of HCC in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis, especially in the subgroup with high AST.
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- Takashi Someya
- Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, 2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
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Wu ZW, Xu KJ, Li LJ, Zuo J, Sheng JF, Zheng SS, Liang TB, Shen Y, Wang WL, Zhang M. [Investigation of intestinal bacterial translocation in 78 patients with cirrhosis after liver transplantation]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2006; 44:1456-9. [PMID: 17349167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of bacterial translocation (BT) in patients with cirrhosis after liver transplantation and analyze the effect of BT on bacterial infection after the surgery. METHODS Mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), portal vein blood, and peripheral blood were collected during the liver transplantation for microbiological culture from 78 patients with cirrhosis. And meanwhile, all related clinical data were analyzed to investigate the risk factors of BT and its relationship with post-liver transplantation infections. RESULTS BT was occurred in 8 of 78 cirrhotic patients (10.3%) and positive-rate of MLN culture was 5/8. Gram-negative aerobic bacillus was the main causative bacterium of BT (5/9), followed by Gram-positive aerobic enterococcus (22.2%, 2/9). Total bilirubin level in patients with BT was significantly higher than that in patients without BT. CONCLUSIONS It suggests that hyperbilirubinemia is the only risk factor for BT, and BT is associated with an increased infectious rate after liver transplantation.
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- Zhong-Wen Wu
- Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Stephen M Riordan
- Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit, The Prince of Wales Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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Gou YZ, Lian JQ, Nie QH. [Bacterial translocation and its consequences in patients with liver cirrhosis]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2006; 14:796-7. [PMID: 17064486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- Yan-Zi Gou
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Universty, Xi'an 710038, China.
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Barton JC, Ratard RC. Vibrio vulnificus Bacteremia Associated with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hypogammaglobulinemia, and Hepatic Cirrhosis: Relation to Host and Exposure Factors in 252 V. Vulnificus Infections Reported in Louisiana. Am J Med Sci 2006; 332:216-20. [PMID: 17031249 DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200610000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vibrio vulnificus infection in persons with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) or hypogammaglobulinemia has been reported infrequently. PATIENT AND METHODS A woman with B-CLL, hypogammaglobulinemia, and hepatic cirrhosis died of V. vulnificus bacteremia after eating cooked shrimp and crabs. We reviewed host and exposure data in 252 cases of V. vulnificus infection reported in Louisiana during the interval of 1980 through 2004. RESULTS V. vulnificus was isolated from blood in 122 cases (48.8%). Preexisting conditions in 138 cases included liver disease (41.3%), malignancy (13.8%), and immunosuppression (9.4%). The prevalence of preexisting conditions was significantly greater in cases with positive blood cultures than in cases with positive wound or stool cultures. Exposure data in 116 cases revealed crab consumption without raw oyster consumption or seawater exposure in 3.4%. CONCLUSION The present patient had several conditions associated with increased risk of V. vulnificus infection and bacteremia, especially hepatic cirrhosis, but her route of exposure to V. vulnificus was unusual.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Agammaglobulinemia/complications
- Agammaglobulinemia/epidemiology
- Agammaglobulinemia/microbiology
- Aged
- Bacteremia/epidemiology
- Bacteremia/microbiology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology
- Foodborne Diseases/microbiology
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Immunosuppression Therapy/adverse effects
- Infant
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/complications
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/epidemiology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/microbiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/complications
- Liver Cirrhosis/epidemiology
- Liver Cirrhosis/microbiology
- Louisiana
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Seafood/microbiology
- Vibrio Infections/epidemiology
- Vibrio Infections/etiology
- Vibrio vulnificus
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- James C Barton
- Southern Iron Disorders Center, and the Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35029, USA.
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