Bacterial infections other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 158-168

  Bunchorntavakul, Chalermrat ^a   Chavalitdhamrong, Disaya ^b  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878660955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i5.158     Document Type: Review

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