Table I.

Patient characteristics and treatment.

Patient	Sex	Age, years	Cause of cirrhosis	Year of diagnosis	DST, min	Treatment
1	Male	65	Autoimmune hepatitis	2011	46	RP
2	Male	57	Hepatitis B cirrhosis	2011	34	R
3	Female	48	Primary biliary cirrhosis	2012	10	R
4	Female	55	Autoimmune hepatitis	2011	13	RP
5	Female	46	Hepatitis B cirrhosis	2010	35	RP
6	Male	48	Hepatitis B/alcoholic	2011	31	RP
7	Male	41	Autoimmune hepatitis	2006	50	RP
8	Female	43	Autoimmune hepatitis	2008	50	R
9	Male	39	Hepatitis B cirrhosis	2009	21	R
10a	Male	57	Alcoholic cirrhosis	2012	26	RP
11a	Male	47	Alcoholic cirrhosis	2011	26	R
12a	Male	60	Alcoholic cirrhosis	2011	48	RP
13a	Male	68	Alcoholic cirrhosis	2007	35	R
14a	Male	63	Alcoholic cirrhosis	2009	43	R

^aDenotes patients with liver cirrhosis due to alcoholism. R, Rifaximin; RP, Rifaximin plus probiotics; DST, digit symbol test.