Oral ciprofloxacin after a short course of intravenous ciprofloxacin in the treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Results of a multicenter, randomized study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 564-569

  Terg, Rubén ^a   Cobas, Sergio ^a   Fassio, Eduardo ^b   Landeira, Graciela ^b   Ríos, Beatriz ^c   Vasen, Walter ^a   Abecasis, Raquel ^a   Ríos, Héctor ^a   Guevara, Mónica ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA DR CARLOS BONORINO UDAONDO   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Oral ciprofloxacin; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CIRIAX; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033802398     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80008-2     Document Type: Article

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