Peritonitis: Pathophysiology and local defense mechanisms

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 927-936

  Heemken, Ralph ^a   Gandawidjaja, Lukito ^a   Hau, Toni ^a,b  

^a MLU Halle   (Germany)

^b Nordwest Krankenhaus Sanderbusch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial synergism; Bacteriology of peritonitis; Endotoxin; Peritonitis; Unspecific defense

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; FIBRIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030802118     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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