Only in the darkness can you see the stars: Severe alcoholic hepatitis and higher grades of acute-on-chronic liver failure

J Hepatol. 2019 Mar;70(3):550-551. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Authors

Cyriac Abby Philips¹, Philip Augustine², Guruprasad Padsalgi², Rizwan Ahamed², Amal Jose², Sasidharan Rajesh²

Affiliations

¹ The Liver Unit, Cochin Gastroenterology Group, Ernakulam Medical Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India. Electronic address: abbyphilips@paa.org.in.
² The Liver Unit, Cochin Gastroenterology Group, Ernakulam Medical Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.

PMID: 30470480
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.004

No abstract available

Keywords: ACLF; Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Dysbiosis; FMT; Gut microbiome; Microbiota; Portal hypertension; Stool transplant.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure*
Darkness
Dysbiosis
Hepatitis, Alcoholic*
Humans
Prognosis