Infected ascites: Distinguishing secondary peritonitis from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a cirrhotic patient with classic symptoms

INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis can be differentiated from secondary bacterial peritonitis by the absence of a surgically treatable intra-abdominal source of infection. However, oftentimes this is unapparent and other clinical clues need to be sought after to make the right diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Lu, Marvin Louis Roy, Agarwal, Akanksha, Sloan, Josh, Kosmin, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.02.010

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