Diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients in northeastern Brazil by use of rapid urine-screening test

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-144

  Braga, Lucia Libanez Bessa Campelo ^a   de Souzo, Marcellus Henrique Loiola ^a   Barbosa, Alzira Maria de Castro ^a   Furtado, Felipe Magalhães ^a   Campelo, Paula Andréa Maia ^a   de Araújo Filho, Antô Haroldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Diagnosis; Peritonitis; Reagent strips; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARACENTESIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33748873026     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802006000300006     Document Type: Article

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