Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 595-598

  Singh, Nina ^a   Gayowski, Timothy ^a   Yu, Victor L ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0028901414     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-8-199504150-00007     Document Type: Article

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