Influence of Probiotics on Infections in Cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Child-Pugh score \> 11
• •Abstinence from alcohol for \< 2 weeks at the time of screening for inclusion
• •Clinical evidence of active infection
• •Antibiotic treatment within 7 days prior to enrolment
• •Gastrointestinal haemorrhage within previous 2 weeks
• •Use of immunomodulating agents within previous month (steroids etc.)
• •Use of proton pump inhibitors for preceding two weeks
• •Concomitant use of supplements (pre-, pro-, or synbiotics) likely to influence the study
• •Renal failure (such as hepatorenal syndrome), creatinine \>1.7 mg/dL
• •Hepatic encephalopathy II to IV
• •Pancreatitis
• •Other organ failure
• •Hepatic or extra-hepatic malignancy
• •Pregnancy
• •Presumed non-compliance to the study medication