Peritonitis
"Peritonitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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INFLAMMATION of the PERITONEUM lining the ABDOMINAL CAVITY as the result of infectious, autoimmune, or chemical processes. Primary peritonitis is due to infection of the PERITONEAL CAVITY via hematogenous or lymphatic spread and without intra-abdominal source. Secondary peritonitis arises from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY itself through RUPTURE or ABSCESS of intra-abdominal organs.
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D010538
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.463.600 C06.844.640
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peritonitis" by people in Profiles.
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Renshaw AA, Doolittle MH. Value of Gram's stain of cell block material from peritoneal fluid in bacterial peritonitis. Acta Cytol. 1997 May-Jun; 41(3):755-8.
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Connall TP, Zhang J, Vaziri ND, Schwartz RJ, Kaupke CJ, Oveisi F, Wilson SE. Radiodetoxified endotoxin-induced tolerance alters monocyte but not neutrophil CD11b and CD18 expression in response to lipopolysaccharide. Arch Surg. 1994 Nov; 129(11):1153-8.
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Willam K. [Treatment of peritonitis and postoperative ileus by use of relaparotomy, enterotomy and intestinal suction drainage]. Zentralbl Chir. 1971 Jan 16; 96(3):65-9.