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Title: Multidrug-Resistant Infections Common in Those With Cirrhosis
Post by: Hep Editors on June 01, 2018, 11:01:16 am
People who are hospitalized with cirrhosis have a high rate of multidrug-resistant infections, MedPage Today reports.

Researchers from 46 medical sites enrolled 1,302 people in a study of individuals hospitalized with cirrhosis. The average age of the participants was 57, and the majority had alcohol-driven cirrhosis. Sixty-nine percent were men. Forty-three percent were in Europe, 32 percent in Asia and 25 percent in North America.

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