Long-term prognosis of cirrhosis after spontaneous bacterial peritonitis treated with ceftriaxone

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 295-298

  Franca A V C ^a   De Souza, J B ^a   Silva, C M ^a   Soares, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Long term survival; Prognosis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFTRIAXONE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034831279     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200110000-00007     Document Type: Article

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