Infection does not increase long-term mortality in patients with acute severe alcoholic hepatitis treated with corticosteroids

Figure 1 Site and causative bacterial genus of all clinically relevant infections during hospital admission for acute severe alcoholic hepatitis. A: The site of clinically relevant infections (n = 36). The “Other” category includes gastrointestinal tract and cutaneous; B: The causative bacterial genus where identified by microbiological analysis in 41 separate clinically relevant infections. The “Other Genus” group includes Acinebacter (n = 2), Haemophilus (n = 1), Clostridium difficile (n = 2) and norovirus (n = 1); C: Catalase status of identified bacteria (n = 40).

Figure 2 Clinically relevant infection does not significantly affect early or late mortality. Kaplan-Meier survival curves of AAH patients with (n = 9) and without (n = 63) clinically relevant infection at the time of hospital admission at 90 d (A) and 1 year (B); P = 0.26 and P = 0.67 respectively; C: One year survival of AAH patients with (n = 23) and without (n = 48) clinically relevant infection after commencement of steroid treatment (P = 0.93). AAH: Acute severe alcoholic hepatitis.