Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients

Bacterial infection is a common complication in cirrhotic patients. The portal hypertension as well as the immune depression observed in these patients can explain this high incidence of bacterial infection. Because of the high probability of cirrhotic patients to develop infections, antibiotic prop...

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Main Authors:	Almeida Delvone, Paraná Raymundo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2002-01-01
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	Antibiotic prophylaxis cirrhotics bacterial infections
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000500009

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spelling	doaj-b49de527e38d4e0c9a497b37a683e09f2020-11-25T03:20:36ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86701678-43912002-01-0165266268Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patientsAlmeida DelvoneParaná RaymundoBacterial infection is a common complication in cirrhotic patients. The portal hypertension as well as the immune depression observed in these patients can explain this high incidence of bacterial infection. Because of the high probability of cirrhotic patients to develop infections, antibiotic prophylaxis is warranted in some conditions, such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding or after spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Nevertheless, antibiotic prophylaxis is not widely recommended for cirrhotic patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000500009Antibiotic prophylaxiscirrhoticsbacterial infections
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author_facet	Almeida Delvone Paraná Raymundo
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title	Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
title_short	Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
title_full	Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
title_fullStr	Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
title_full_unstemmed	Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
title_sort	current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients
publisher	Elsevier
series	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn	1413-8670 1678-4391
publishDate	2002-01-01
description	Bacterial infection is a common complication in cirrhotic patients. The portal hypertension as well as the immune depression observed in these patients can explain this high incidence of bacterial infection. Because of the high probability of cirrhotic patients to develop infections, antibiotic prophylaxis is warranted in some conditions, such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding or after spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Nevertheless, antibiotic prophylaxis is not widely recommended for cirrhotic patients.
topic	Antibiotic prophylaxis cirrhotics bacterial infections
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Current aspects of antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in cirrhosis patients

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