Bacterial translocation: Cause or consequence of decompensation in cirrhosis?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 150-155

  Cirera, Isabel ^a   Martin Bauer, Tilman ^a   Navasa, Miguel ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a   Grande, Luis ^a   Taurá, Pilar ^a   Fuster, Josep ^a   García Valdecasas, Juan Carlos ^a   Lacy, Antonio ^a   Suárez, María Jesús ^a   Rimola, Antoni ^a   Rodés, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CISAPRIDE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITRATE; NORFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ASCITES; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0035133742     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)00006-4     Document Type: Editorial

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