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peritoneal infection

Known as: peritoneal infections 
An infectious process affecting the peritoneum.
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suppurative peritonitis

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2008
2008
A role for connexin43 in macrophage phagocytosis and host survival after bacterial peritoneal infection.
The pathways that lead to the internalization of pathogens via phagocytosis remain incompletely understood. We now demonstrate a… (More)
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2007
2007
The role of resuscitation promoting factors in pathogenesis and reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during intra-peritoneal infection in mice
BACKGROUND Mycobacterium tuberculosis can enter into a dormant state which has resulted in one third of the world's population… (More)
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2002
2002
Neutrophil influx in response to a peritoneal infection with Salmonella is delayed in lipopolysaccharide-binding protein or CD14-deficient mice.
The induction of an adaptive immune response to a previously unencountered pathogen is a time-consuming process and initially the… (More)
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2001
2001
The essential role of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in protection of mice against a peritoneal Salmonella infection involves the rapid induction of an inflammatory response.
Acute and chronic hyperinflammation are of major clinical concern, and many treatment strategies are therefore directed to… (More)
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1998
1998
Bacterial concentrations in pus and infected peritoneal fluid--implications for bactericidal activity of antibiotics.
Little is known about how many bacteria are present at an infectious focus at the onset of antibiotic therapy. The number of cfu… (More)
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1998
1998
Leukocyte migration across human peritoneal mesothelial cells is dependent on directed chemokine secretion and ICAM-1 expression.
BACKGROUND Leukocyte migration into the peritoneal cavity is a diagnostic feature of peritonitis in patients treated with… (More)
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1997
1997
Poor outcome from peritonitis is caused by disease acuity and organ failure, not recurrent peritoneal infection.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study is to determine whether organ failure develops in patients despite control of peritoneal… (More)
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1996
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1996
Longitudinal changes in peritoneal kinetics: the effects of peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis.
BACKGROUND Peritoneal infection and poor ultrafiltration continue to be the major causes of treatment failure in CAPD. The… (More)
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1996
1996
Control of fecal peritoneal infection in mice by colony-stimulating factors.
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) recruits and primes neutrophilic granulocytes. The role of endogenous and exogenous… (More)
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1978
1978
Prognostic factors of peritoneal infections in transplant patients.
Twenty-eight cases of peritoneal infections occurring in 686 transplant patients (4%) are reported. The mortality was 78.5% (22… (More)
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