Value of reagent strips in the rapid diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 84, 2008, Pages 1020-1023

  Nobre, Sónia Rito ^a   Cabral, José Eduardo Pina ^a   Sofia, Carlos ^a   Leitão, Maximino Correia ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Diagnosis; Leukocyte esterase reagent strip; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; ASCITES FLUID LEVEL; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS;

EID: 47149109880     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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