The influential roles of antibiotics prophylaxis in cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer bleeding after initial endoscopic treatments.

The influential roles of antibiotic prophylaxis on cirrhotic patients with peptic ulcer bleeding are still not well documented. The purpose of this study is to clarify these influential roles and to identify the risk factors associated with rebleeding, bacterial infection and in-hospital mortality....

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Main Authors: Shih-Cheng Yang, Jen-Chieh Chen, Wei-Chen Tai, Cheng-Kun Wu, Chen-Hsiang Lee, Keng-Liang Wu, Yi-Chun Chiu, Jing-Houng Wang, Sheng-Nan Lu, Seng-Kee Chuah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008578?pdf=render