The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2, August 2002

Bacterial Infection in Liver Cirrhosis

Rika Bur (Unknown)
Rino A. Gani (Unknown)

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Publish Date
08 Jan 2002

Abstract

Patients with liver cirrhosis frequently have infection which can deteriorate further the already impaired liver function. The most common form of infection in this particular patients are spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, urinary tract infection, and respiratory infection. Causative organism mostly Gram negative micro organism and originate from the gastrointestinal tract. The weaken of immune defense mechanism and also the altered gastrointestinal tract motility can explained most of these infection. This paper will review the bacterial infection in liver cirrhosis with some guidance in the management.   Key words: Liver cirrhosis, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, systemic antibiotic treatment

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The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy
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Abbrev

jghe

Publisher

The Indonesian Society for Digestive Endoscopy

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

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The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy is an academic journal which has been published since 2000 and owned by 3 Societies: The Indonesian Society of Gastroenterology; Indonesian Association for the Study of the Liver; The Indonesian Society for Digestive ...