Presence of bacterial-DNA in cirrhosis identifies a subgroup of patients with marked inflammatory response not related to endotoxin

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  González Navajas, José M ^a,b   Bellot, Pablo ^b   Francés, Rubén ^a,b   Zapater, Pedro ^a,c   Muñoz, Carlos ^b   García Pagán, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Pascual, Sonia ^a,b   Pérez Mateo, Miguel ^b   Bosch, Jaime ^a,c   Such, José ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial translocation; Bacterial DNA; Cirrhosis; Cytokine; Lipopolysaccharide binding protein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; RNA 16S; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 36549024443     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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