Prospective study of bacteremia rate after elastic band ligation and sclerotherapy of esophageal varices in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-323

  Da Silveira Rohr, M R ^a   Siqueira, E S ^a   Brant, C Q ^a   Morais, M ^a   Libera E D , Jr ^a   Castro, R R ^a   Ferrari, A P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0030700026     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70118-4     Document Type: Article

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