Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with myxedema ascites

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Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 91-93

  Alberti, Laura E ^a   Lopez Gomez, Alfredo ^a   Alberti Flor, Juan J ^a,b  

^a Mercy Hospital Miami   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Hypothyroidism; Myxedema; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MYXEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MYXEDEMA; OFLOXACIN; PERITONITIS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0346096536     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074521     Document Type: Article

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