Salmonella sp group A: A rare cause of bacterascites. A case report

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-261

  López Arce Ángeles, Gustavo ^a   Torre Delgadillo, Aldo ^a   Téllez Ávila, Félix I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Neutrascites; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CHILL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; PARACENTESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SALMONELLA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; CEFTRIAXONE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849137524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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