Spontaneous bacterial empyema in a patient with hepatitis C virus cirrhosis and sterile ascitic fluid

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 834-835

  Malnick, Stephen D H ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029742856     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.834     Document Type: Article

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