Prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in asymptomatic inpatients with decompensated liver cirrhosis - A pilot study

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-17

  Kasztelan Szczerbinska, B ^a   Slomka M ^b   Celinski, K ^a   Serwacki, M ^a   Szczerbinski, M ^a   Cichoz Lach, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ascites; asymptomatic patients; liver cirrhosis; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79958151992     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-011-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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