Intestinal dysfunction in liver cirrhosis: Its role in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Open Access
- 1 June 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Vol. 16 (6) , 607-612
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02444.x
Abstract
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a common illness in patients with cirrhosis and ascites that occurs without any apparent focus of infection. Bacterial translocation plays an important role in sp...Keywords
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