Elevated C-reactive protein and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with chronic liver disease and ascites

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-98

  Preto Zamperlini, Marcela ^a   Farhat, Sylvia Costa Lima ^a   Perondi, Maria Beatriz Moliterno ^a   Pestana, Adriana Pozzi ^a   Cunha, Patricia Salles ^a   Pugliese, Renata Pereira Sustovich ^a   Schvartsman, Cláudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ascites; ascitis; C reactive protein; children; chronic liver disease; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MONITORING; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SERUM ALBUMIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84893706130     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000177     Document Type: Article

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