Ascitic fluid interleukin-8 to distinguish spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and sterile ascites in cirrhotic patients.
Martínez-Brú
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Department of Biochemistry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. mcr@teleline.es
Gómez
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Cortés
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Soriano
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Guarner
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Planella
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González-Sastre
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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
D016209:Interleukin-8