Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in the Czech Republic: Prevalence and aetiology

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 739-743

  Lata, Jan ^a   Fejfar, Tomas ^b   Krechler, Tomas ^c   Musil, Tomas ^d   Husová, Libuse ^a   Šenkyrík, Michal ^a   Dolina, Jiri ^a   Vanasek, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ascites; Infection; Liver cirrhosis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038502342     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200307000-00005     Document Type: Article

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