Changing epidemiology and predictors of mortality in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis at a liver transplant unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-537

  Singh, Nina ^a   Wagener, M M ^a   Gayowski, T ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Candida; Liver transplant; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038301892     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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