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Ascitic Fluid Calprotectin and Serum Procalcitonin as Accurate Diagnostic Markers for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

open access: yesGut and Liver, 2016
Background/AimsThe diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is based on a polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) exceeding 250/μL in ascitic fluid.
Ahmed Abdel-Razik   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prostate-Specific Antigen in Ascitic Fluid [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Chemistry, 1997
Although previously thought to be produced almost exclusively by the epithelial cells of the prostate (1), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is produced and secreted by several extraprostatic sources (2)(3). Considering the high degree of homology of PSA with the human glandular kallikrein (hKGK1) (4)(5) and the activation of the kallikrein–kinin system ...
MANNELLO, FERDINANDO   +3 more
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Extracorporal modified ascitic fluid reinfusion in treatment of resistant ascites in liver cirrhosis

open access: yesВестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
OBJECTIVE. The aim of the study was to estimate the efficacy of new method of reinfusion of extracorporeal modified ascitic fluid in therapy of diuretic resistance ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension syndrome.
I. E. Onnintsev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Patients with Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Ovarian Cancer

open access: yesSouth Asian Journal of Cancer, 2021
Objectives Peritoneal tuberculosis can mimic advanced abdominal malignancy. We describe clinical and laboratory characteristics in a series of female patients with peritoneal tuberculosis who were referred to a tertiary cancer center with a diagnosis of ...
Amita Maheshwari   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dissimilar populations of EpСam-positive cells in ascitic fluid of ovarian cancer patients: a relationship with the degree of carcinomatosis

open access: yesБюллетень сибирской медицины, 2021
Background. Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is one of the most unfavorable factors of ovarian cancer progression. It is often accompanied by accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, which is called ascites.
E. V. Kaigorodova   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uncoupling agent of oxidative phosphorylation from ascitic fluid of tumor bearing mice after X-irradiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1964
It was investigated to clarify the relationship between the composition of the lipid fractions obtained from the ascitic fluid of Ehrlich ascites tumor bearing mice and its uncoupling activity after whole body irradiation (1,000 r). 1.
Inaba, Kozo
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From the Pharynx to the Abdomen: A Case of Primary Peritonitis

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Primary peritonitis usually occurs in patients with comorbidities previously diagnosed with ascites. However, a primary peritoneal infection in previously healthy patients may also ensue.
Miguel Lourenço Varela   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis among adult patients with ascites attending Korle-bu Teaching Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesGhana Medical Journal, 2019
Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the most common and life-threatening complications of ascites, mostly in patients with cirrhotic ascites and children with nephrotic syndrome.
Amoako Duah, Kofi N. Nkrumah
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between gut microbiota and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis - a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Gut microbiota is an essential component in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis and its complications. There is a direct relationship between the gut and the liver called the gutliver axis through which bacteria can reach the liver through the portal ...
Fierbinteanu Braticevici, Carmen   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Ascitic fluid analysis for the differentiation of malignancy related and nonmalignant ascites [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The authors tried to differentiate malignancy-related from nonmalignant ascites with a sequence of sensitive followed by specific ascitic-fluid parameters. There were four results of this study. First, of nine parameters investigated in a first series of
Gerbes, Alexander L.   +4 more
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