High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Patients With Cirrhosis at a US Liver Center

The prevalence of AR-BI is high in a US tertiary care transplant center. Exposure to systemic antibiotics within 30 days before infection (including those used for prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis), but not oral nonabsorbed antibiotics, is associated with development of an AR-BI.