Bacterial infections in cirrhosis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 405-406

  Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Infections; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CELL COUNT; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PARACENTESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 4043110620     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/769615     Document Type: Review

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