An evaluation of ascitic calprotectin for diagnosis of ascitic fluid infection in children with cirrhosis

• Autors principals: Naser Honar (Autor), Najmeh Nezamabadipour (Autor), Seyed Mohsen Dehghani (Autor), Mahmood Haghighat (Autor), Mohammad Hadi Imanieh (Autor), Maryam Ataollahi (Autor), Nader Shakibazad (Autor), Hazhir Javaherizadeh (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Abstract Background The most common infection in children with the hepatic disease with or without cirrhotic ascites is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), which occurs in the absence of an evident intra-abdominal source of infection. The present study aims to assess the value of calprotectin i...