Infectious complications and timing for liver transplantation in autoimmune acute liver failure in Japan: a subanalysis based on nationwide surveys between 2010 and 2015

Background null The prognosis of autoimmune acute liver failure (ALF) without liver transplantation (LT) is poor worldwide. We subanalyzed infectious complications of autoimmune ALF using data of nationwide surveys between 2010 and 2015 retrospectively and tried to determine when to evaluate the efficacy of corticosteroid (CS) treatment or abandon it for LT based on objective data. null Methods null One hundred and forty-four patients with...