Spontaneous bacterial empyema in cirrhotic patients: A prospective study

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 719-723

  Xiol, Xavier ^a   Castellví, Josep M ^a   Guardiola, Jordi ^a,b   Sesé, Eva ^a   Castellote, José ^a,c   Perelló, Antonia ^a   Cervantes, Xavier ^a   Iborra, Maria Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Vilafranca   (Spain)

^c Hospital General de Manresa   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STREPTOCOCCUS; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029925872     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666323     Document Type: Article

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