The role of extra-pancreatic infections in the prediction of severity and local complications in acute pancreatitis.

Background: The aim of our study was to determine the risk factors for extrapancreatic infection (EPI) occurrence and its predictive power for assessing severity and local complications in acute pancreatitis including infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN).

Methods: Clinical data of 176 AP patients prospectively enrolled were analysed. EPI analysed were bacteraemia, lung infection, urinary tract infection and catheter line infection.