Current concepts and future strategies in the antimicrobial therapy of emerging Gram-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most common infection in end-stage liver disease patients. SBP is defined as an ascitic fluid infection with a polymorphonuclear leucocyte count ≥ 250/mm(3) without an evident intra-abdominal surgically treatable source. Several mechanisms contribute to...

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Published in:World J Hepatol
Main Authors: Fiore, Marco, Maraolo, Alberto Enrico, Gentile, Ivan, Borgia, Guglielmo, Leone, Sebastiano, Sansone, Pasquale, Passavanti, Maria Beatrice, Aurilio, Caterina, Pace, Maria Caterina
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666303/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29109849
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v9.i30.1166
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