Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: The Disease
Subtitle: Pathogenesis, and Treatment
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: March 24, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780824703554
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Medical microbiology & virology; Medical / Nursing; Gastroenterology; Diseases - General; therapy; Medical; diagnosis; Microbiology; Internal Medicine; Medical / Hematology; Diseases; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial diseases; Peritonitis
First sentence: The appearance of a random cluster of cases of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) at the West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital (WHVAH) in Connecticut in the early 1960s was my first introduction to this syndrome, and a stroke of good fortune for me personally.