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C-reactive protein and bacterial infection in cirrhosis

In the general population, C-reactive protein (CRP) level increases in the presence of acute or chronic inflammation and infections. In patients with cirrhosis, the basal level is higher than in patients without cirrhosis, due to chronic hepatic and other inflammation, but when infection occurs the...

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Autores principales: Pieri, Giulia, Agarwal, Banwari, Burroughs, Andrew K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24733601