Oral antibiotic prophylaxis reduces spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurrence and improves short-term survival in cirrhosis: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Am J Gastroenterol on March 10, 2009

Authors

Sammy Saab1, Jose Carlos Hernandez, Amanda C Chi, Myron J Tong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. SSaab@mednet.ucla.edu

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