In a recently published report, Rimola et al. compared Gudiol F. Aztreonam vs cefotaxime in the treatment of gramtwo different dosages of cefotaxime (CTX) in the treatnegative spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. HEPATOLOGY 1991;14: 91-98. ment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). 1 They 3. Cra
Influence of malnutrition on the prevalence of bacterial translocation and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in experimental cirrhosis in rats
β Scribed by F Casafont; E Sanchez; L Martin; J Aguero; F P Romero
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
Samples of peripheral and portal blood as well as ascitic fluid were Supported by a grant of the FISss (NΠ 91/0675) of the Spanish National Institute of cultured by immediate inoculation into blood culture bottles (Bactec Health.
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Fifty-six patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and ascites were studied. The ascitic fluid was analyzed for pH, POz, PCO2, glucose, protein, specific gravity, amylase, lactic dehydrogenase, white blood cell count, polymorphonuclear count, and cytology. It was also cultured aerobically and anaerobically
Bacterial DNA (bactDNA) is present in blood and ascitic fluid (AF) in a third of patients with cirrhosis and ascites, but whether this phenomenon represents episodes of bacterial translocation (BT), strictly considered when culture of mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs) are positive, remains unknown. This