Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1042-1049

  Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^a   Bhat, Shivaram ^b   Saeed, Athar A ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascites; Infection; Leucocyte reagent strips; Portal hypertension; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTERASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG COST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; REVIEW;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERITONITIS;

EID: 65549100672     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1042     Document Type: Article

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