Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure and Their Impact on Clinical Outcomes
There is a high prevalence of carbapenem and multidrug-resistant sepsis in PALF. ICU stay and use of extracorporeal support are factors independently associated with sepsis. While culture-positive sepsis did not significantly affect survival, patients with severe sepsis had lower NLS and OS.
Authors
- Seema Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0888-8625)
- Bikrant Bihari Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-7736)
- Vikas Khillan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-9279)
- Rajeev Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0800-4068)
- Pratibha Kale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5172-0193)
- Vikrant Sood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-4084)
- Tamoghna Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2114-8197)
Institutions
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004762
- Primary Topic
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00