Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and reagent strips [6]

Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1667-1668

  Castellote, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; TREATMENT INDICATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARCINOMATOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIGESTIVE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MULTISTIX 8 SG REAGENT STRIP; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTPATIENT; PARACENTESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERITONITIS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36348998570     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21815     Document Type: Letter

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