Multiple bacterial infections increase the risk of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis

• Lan-Ting Yuan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Yuan General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Seng-Kee Chuah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shih-Cheng Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Ming Liang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-5937

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• Cheng-Kun Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Wei-Chen Tai,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Tsung-Hsing Hung,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Hepato-gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Dalin Branch, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

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• Seng-Howe Nguang,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Pin-Tung Christian Hospital, Pin-Tung, Taiwan

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• Jiunn-Wei Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Municipal TaTung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Lun Tseng,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Cishan Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ming-Kun Ku,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, FooYin University Hospital, Pin-Tung, Taiwan

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• Pin-I Hsu,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Deng-Chyang Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Municipal TaTung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chien-Ning Hsu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chien_ning_hsu@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-528X

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