Gram's Stain of Peritoneal Fluid Is Rarely Helpful in the Evaluation of the Ascites Patient

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Chinnock, Brian ^a   Fox, Casey ^a   Hendey, Gregory W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARACENTESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349153660     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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