Ascitic fluid carcinoembryonic antigen and alkaline phosphatase levels for the differentiation of primary from secondary bacterial peritonitis with intestinal perforation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-221

  Wu, Shun Sheng ^a   Lin, Otto S ^a,b   Chen, Yang Yuan ^a   Hwang, Kai Lin ^a   Soon, Maw Soan ^a   Keeffe, Emmet B ^b  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Intestinal perforation; Secondary peritonitis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035110951     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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