The value of ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear cell count determination during therapy of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 35, 2000, Pages 1360-1363

  Ljubicic, N ^a   Spajic, D ^a   Vrkljan, M M ^a   Altabas, V ^a   Doko, M ^a   Zovak, M ^a   Gacina, P ^a   Mihatov, S ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Peritonitis; Spontaneous bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PERITONITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033773856     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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