Postoperative infections in cirrhotic patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 64, 2005, Pages 1240-1243

  Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a   Mindikoglu, Ayse L ^b   Van Thiel, David H ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Defense mechanisms; Immunosuppression; Infection; Postoperative problems; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOOTH INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMANS; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 21744433140     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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