Usefulness of urine strip test in the rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1197-1201

  Kim, Do Young ^a   Kim, Jie Hyun ^a   Chon, Chae Yoon ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a   Kim, Ja Kyung ^a   Paik, Yong Han ^a   Lee, Kwan Sik ^a   Moon, Young Myoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Reagent strip; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARACENTESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 28944446974     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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