Tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and nitric oxide in sterile ascitic fluid and serum from patients with cirrhosis who subsequently develop ascitic fluid infection

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2360-2366

  Such, José ^a   Hillebrand, Donald J ^b   Guarner, Carlos ^c   Berk, Lee ^b   Zapater, Pedro ^a   Westengard, Jim ^b   Peralta, Carmen ^c   Soriano, Germán ^c   Pappas, James ^b   Runyon, Bruce A ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Liver Unit   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascitic fluid; Cirrhosis; Cytokine; Interleukin 6; Nitric oxide; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034755537     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012342929326     Document Type: Article

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