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2054213

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
Cirrhotic patients with ascites and low levels of ascitic fluid C3 and total protein and cirrhotic patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage are at high risk of infection. Selective intestinal decontamination with oral norfloxacin is useful to decrease the incidence of infections in cirrhotic patients at high risk. This study analyzes hospital acquired bacterial infections in cirrhotic patients with ascites and low levels of total protein in ascitic fluid (n = 53) and cirrhotic patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage (n = 26), both submitted to selective intestinal decontamination with norfloxacin during the hospitalization. Seven patients developed eight infections (8.8%): three patients with ascites and low levels of total protein in ascitic fluid and four patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage (5.6% vs 15.3%, pNS). Gram negative bacilli were not isolated in any case, but Gram positive cocci were isolated in seven cases. These results suggest that Gram positive cocci must be empirically covered when infection is suspected in cirrhotic patients submitted to selective intestinal decontamination. The analysis of antibiograms in these infections showed a high sensitivity of Gram positive cocci to amoxycillin and clavulanic acid, which could be used as empirical treatment when infection is suspected in these patients.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1130-0108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
259-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[An analysis of hospital bacterial infections in cirrhotic patients undergoing selective intestinal decontamination].
pubmed:affiliation
Sección de Hepatología, Escuela de Patología Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract