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Primary bacterial peritonitis

Known as: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, bacterial peritonitis spontaneous 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Albumin for bacterial infections other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis. A randomized, controlled study.
Review
2012
Review
2012
The Role of Rifaximin in the Primary Prophylaxis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
Background: Primary prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) may provide a survival advantage in cirrhotic patients… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Immune dysfunction and infections in patients with cirrhosis.
Review
2011
Review
2011
Renal dysfunction is the most important independent predictor of mortality in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Diagnostic accuracy of the Multistix 8 SG reagent strip in diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Recent studies have shown that the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) can be rapidly obtained using leukocyte… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis—in-hospital mortality, predictors of survival, and health care costs from 1988 to 1998
OBJECTIVES:Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a complication of end-stage liver disease with a reported mortality of 30… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Small intestine dysmotility and bacterial overgrowth in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Patients with bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine developed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) more frequently than… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Spontaneous bacterial empyema in cirrhotic patients: A prospective study
Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBEM) is an infection of a preexisting hydrothorax in cirrhotic patients and has seldom been… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Small bowel bacterial overgrowth in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis
A total of 89 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and 40 healthy subjects were included in a study to assess the prevalence of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Ciprofloxacin and long‐term prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: Results of a prospective controlled trial
The aim of this prospective double‐blind study was to evaluate the value of long‐term antibiotic prophylaxis using ciprofloxacin… 
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