Instant diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis using leukocyte esterase reagent strips: Nephur-Test® vs. MultistixSG®

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Sapey, Thierry ^a   Kabisa, Denis ^a   Fort, Eric ^a   Laurin, Christine ^a   Mendler, Michael Henry ^b  

^a Ctr Hosp General de Chateauroux ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Diagnosis; Leukocyte estersase; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTERASE; REAGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; REAGENT STRIPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17044366652     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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