Bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients and its relationship with alcohol

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1290-1293

  Rosa, Heitor ^a   Silvério, Américo O ^a   Perini, Rafael F ^a   Arruda, Cláudia B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0344002716     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00818-2     Document Type: Article

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