Bacteremia and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Vibrio cholerae (non-O1 non-O139) in liver cirrhosis [9]

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-

  El Hiday, A Haleem ^a   Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Al Maslamani, Mona ^a   El Shafie, Settana ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASCITES FLUID; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VENTILATOR; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEPATITIS C; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS;

BACTEREMIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 33746918737     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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