title: Ascitic fluid interleukin-8 to distinguish spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and sterile ascites in cirrhotic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. mcr@teleline.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Brú
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guarner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Planella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Sastre
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8