Unsuspected infection is infrequent in asymptomatic outpatients with refractory ascites undergoing therapeutic paracentesis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2972-2976

  Jeffries, Mark A ^a   Stern, Mark A ^a   Gunaratnam, Naresh T ^a   Fontana, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORFLOXACIN; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032857315     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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