Cirrhotic fever in the 1990s: A prospective study with clinical implications

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1135-1138

  Singh, Nina ^a   Victor, L Yu ^a,b   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Gayowski, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 20644471174     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513651     Document Type: Article

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