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Uloga nealkoholne masne bolesti jetre u bakterijskim infekcijama i sepsi
Nealkoholna masna bolest jetre (engl. non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD) najÄeÅ”Äa je kroniÄna bolest jetre, a povezana je sa sustavnim promjenama imunosnog odgovora koje potiÄu progresiju u nealkoholni steatohepatitis (NASH), cirozu jetre i razvoj hepatocelularnog karcinoma. Glavni riziÄni Äimbenici za razvoj NAFLD-a jesu komponente metaboliÄkog sindroma, pretilost i Å”eÄerna bolest, koje su poznati riziÄni Äimbenici za razvoj infekcija. MeÄutim, sve je viÅ”e podataka o povezanosti NAFLD-a s bakterijskim infekcijama, neovisno o ostalim komponentama metaboliÄkog sindroma. Kod bolesnika s NAFLD-om opisane su ÄeÅ”Äe rekurirajuÄe bakterijske infekcije, uroinfekcije, bakterijemije gastrointestinalnog ishodiÅ”ta, enterokolitis Clostridoides difficile, kao i teža kliniÄka slika i nepovoljni ishod pneumonije. RastuÄa prevalencija NAFLD-a i NASH-a zahtjeva nove terapijske i profilaktiÄke pristupe bazirane na boljem razumijevanju imunopatogeneze bakterijskih infekcija u ovoj skupini bolesnika.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease associated with
systemic changes in immune response that drives the progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), liver
cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Major risk factors of NAFLD include obesity and type 2 diabetes
mellitus which are associated with infections. However, there is growing evidence that NAFLD is linked with
bacterial infections independently of other components of metabolic syndrome. Patients with NAFLD have been
described to have more common recurrent bacterial infections, urinary tract infections, bacteriemia of gastrointestinal origin, Clostridoides difficile enterocolitis, and more severe pneumonia. The rapidly increasing prevalence
of NAFLD and NASH require novel therapeutic and prophylactic approaches based on a better understanding of
immunopathogenesis of bacterial infections in these patients