Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Cǎruntu, Florin Alexandru ^a,b,c   Benea, Loredana ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Clinic   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Bacterial translocation; MSOF; Sepsis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILE ACID CONJUGATE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISAPRIDE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KLEBSIELLA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARACENTESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33744916023     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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