Diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients in northeastern Brazil by use of rapid urine-screening test
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe complication of cirrhotic patients with ascites. It has been proposed that the reagent strip for leukocyte esterase designed for the testing of urine (Combur test® UX) could be a useful tool for diagnosing SPB. T...
Main Authors: | Lucia Libanez Bessa Campelo Braga, Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte de Souza, Alzira Maria de Castro Barbosa, Felipe Magalhães Furtado, Paula Andréa Maia Campelo, Antônio Haroldo de Araújo Filho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802006000300006&lng=en&tlng=en |
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