Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a serious problem in patients with cirrhotic ascites, with an incidence of 10% to 25% on hospital admission (1) and accounting for 5% to 30% of all infections in cirrhotic patients (2, 3), 19% of documented bacteremic episodes (4) and 60% to 75% of all "ser
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
✍ Scribed by Javier Fernández; Tilman M. Bauer; Miquel Navasa; Juan Rodés
- Book ID
- 111719780
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-6918
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