Circulating levels of bacterial DNA and risk of infections in severe alcoholic hepatitis

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Alexandre Louvet. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;41(4):354-356.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jul 24.

¹ Service des maladies de l'appareil digestif, hôpital Huriez, rue Polonovski, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Electronic address: alexandre.louvet@chru-lille.fr.

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Keywords: Alcoholic hepatitis; Prednisolone; SIRS.

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In Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, Prednisolone Increases Susceptibility to Infection and Infection-Related Mortality, and Is Associated With High Circulating Levels of Bacterial DNA.
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