NOD2 gene variants are a risk factor for culture-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and monomicrobial bacterascites in cirrhosis
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PubMed ID
21745302
Description
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered as result of bacterial translocation from the gastrointestinal lumen to the mesenteric lymph nodes and subsequent circulation. Variants of the NOD2 gene contribute to bacterial translocation and were associated with SBP in a recent study.
Date of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Bruns, Tony | |
Peter, Jack | |
Reuken, Philipp A | |
Grabe, Dominik H | |
Schuldes, Sonja R | |
Brenmoehl, Julia | |
Schölmerich, Jürgen | |
Stallmach, Andreas |
Series
Liver international
Publisher
Blackwell Munksgaard
ISSN
1478-3223
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