Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with sepsis caused by enterococcus hirae

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1598-1600

  Sim, Jong Seop ^a   Kim, Hyoung Su ^a   Oh, Ki Jong ^a   Park, Myung Soo ^a   Jung, Eun Ju ^a   Jung, Youn Joo ^a   Kang, Dae Gil ^a   Seo, Seung In ^a   Kim, Won Jin ^a   Jang, Myoung Kuk ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterococcus hirae; Liver cirrhosis; Sepsis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84872554419     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.12.1598     Document Type: Article

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