Use of reagent strips for the rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial empyema

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-281

  Castellote, Jose ^a,b   Lopez, Carmen ^a   Gornals, Juan ^a   Domingo, Alicia ^a   Xiol, Xavier ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diagnosis; Empyema; Reagent strips

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE; REAGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL EMPYEMA; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15344345557     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000155125.74548.28     Document Type: Article

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