Small intestine dysmotility and bacterial overgrowth in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
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Ascitic Fluid Culture in Cirrhotic Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and compare the culture yield of bacterial isolation by conventional and blood culture BACTEC bottle techniques in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Pathology Department, Bannu Medical College, Bannu, KPK, from January 2012 to December 2013. METHO...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0270-9139,1527-3350
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280504