Bacterial flora in hepatic encephalopathy in bilharzial and non-bilharzial patients.
In this work 25 of hepatic encephalopathy cases were studied. 15 cases were due to hepatic schistosomiasis and 9 were due to hepatic schistosomiasis and hepatitis B. virus and one due to hepatic schistosomiasis and drug toxicity of tarter emetic. E. coli was the causative organism in 67% of positive cases, bacteroids were the causative organism in about 33% of positive cases. Urinary tract infection is increased in this study as it was found in 32% of cases and the causative organism were E. coli in about 76% of cases.
el Hawey
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A
Massoud
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A
Badr el Din
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N
Waheeb
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A
Abd-el Hamid
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S
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*