Liver transplantation after an acute episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1584-1588

  Van Thiel, David H ^a   Hassanein, Tarek ^a   Gurakar, Ahmet ^a   Wright, Harlan I ^a   Caraceni, Paolo ^a   De Maria, Nicola ^a   Nadir, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

(SBP); Antibiotic therapy; Liver transplantation; Peritonitis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030458738     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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