Role of prophylactic antibiotics in cirrhotic patients with variceal bleeding

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1790-1796

  Lee, Yeong Yeh ^a   Tee, Hoi Poh ^b   Mahadeva, Sanjiv ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cirrhosis; Infection; Prophylaxis; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; CYANOACRYLATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VARIX BLEEDING; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLEEDING; COMPLICATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FIBROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FIBROSIS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NORFLOXACIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894263809     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i7.1790     Document Type: Review

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