Use of prokinetic agents or antibiotics is associated with the occurrence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients

Hsieh, YC; Lee, MH; Lee, KC; Yang, YY; Hou, MC; Lin, HC

Lin, HC (reprint author), Taipei Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Med, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, 201,Sect 2,Shi Pai Rd, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2018; 81 (11): 935

Abstract

Background: Prokinetics have been shown to improve intestinal bacterial overgrowth and dysmotility in cirrhotic patients. Antibiotics are suggested fo......

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