Intestinal bacterial overgrowth in liver cirrhosis: is it a predisposing X factor for spontaneous ascitic infection?

Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Jul;97(7):1851. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05870.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / etiology*
  • Ascites / microbiology
  • Bacteria / growth & development
  • Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestines / microbiology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors