RESUMEN
This study aimed to survey nosocomial infection in 90 patients with different stages of chronic liver disease in addition to 20 patients without liver diseases as a control group. 37.8% of the patients developed nosocomial infections during the course of their hospitalization compared with 20% of control subjects. A spontaneous bacterial peritonitis accounted for 44.1%, infection of respiratory tract accounted for 35.3%, followed by urinary tract infections [14.7%] and bacteremia [11.8%], intravenous cannula site infection [11.8%] and cellulitis [2.9%]. In conclusion, patients with liver cirrhosis are at an increased risk of developing nosocomial bacterial infections which add to poor prognosis and are associated with significantly high morbidity and mortality