Patients with alcoholic hepatitis who are admitted to Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre and Herlev will be invited to participate.~Blood and fecal samples following hospital admission will be collected. Through one-year follow-up correlation of certain bacteria in fecal samples with survival will be investigated.~In particular whether patients with cytolysin producing E. faecalis has a decreased chance of survival compared to patients without this bacteria.
Alcoholic hepatitis is a disease with a high mortality rate with few treatment options improving survival. Recently certain bacterial strains has been correlated to survival in patients with alcoholic hepatitis.~In the BATTLE-trial the investigators will investigate if certain bacteria are correlated to decreased chance of survival in patients with alcoholic hepatitis.