Vasculitic small bowel perforation masquerading as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with decompensated liver disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-461

  Verma, Sumita ^a,b   Giles, Thomas E ^a   Tsai, H H ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; LACTULOSE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032930381     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199904000-00018     Document Type: Article

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