Unbacterial infection

Reduced cortisol in the absence of bacterial infection in patients with hepatitis B virus cirrhosis

J. Zhang, Yu, H. - W., Li, J., Zhu, Y. - K., Wang, K. - F., Jia, L., and Meng, Q. - H., Reduced cortisol in the absence of bacterial infection in patients with hepatitis B virus cirrhosis, vol. 14, pp. 7957-7963, 2015.

In liver cirrhosis with bacterial infection, hepatoadrenal syndrome has been described recently as a progressive impairment in the adrenocortical reserve, with deficient production or action of glucocorticoids resulting in adrenal insufficiency. The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of cortisol in hepatitis B virus (HBV) cirrhosis patients in the absence of bacterial infection.

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