Infection and variceal bleeding in cirrhosis;Infection et rupture de varice œsophagienne au cours de la cirrhose

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Boursier, Jérôme ^a,b   Asfar, Pierre ^a,b   Joly Guillou, Marie Laure ^a,b   Calès, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARINOID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; VARICOSIS; VEIN RUPTURE;

EID: 33846833921     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(07)89324-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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