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Nitric oxide production was studied in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) or with other infections. We followed up on the time course of serum nitrate levels in 51 hospitalized patients aged between 34 and 81 years. Four groups were defined: patients with SBP (group 1, n = 14), patients with bacteremia (group 2, n = 11), patients with urinary tract infection (group 3, n = 11) and patients in a stable clinical condition (group 4, n = 20). The four groups did not differ in terms of Pugh score (11 +/- 1, 10 +/- 1, 11 +/- 1, and 10 +/- 1, respectively). Serum nitrate levels averaged 31 +/- 2 micromol/L in group 4 (84 samples). On the day results of cytobacteriological examination were positive, mean serum nitrate levels were 75 +/- 17, 63 +/- 9, and 36 +/- 9 micromol/L, respectively, in groups 1 (17 cases), 2 (11 cases), and 3 (11 cases) (P < .001). The maximum nitrate values recorded during follow-up were higher in groups 1 (149 +/- 15 micromol/L) and 2 (112 +/- 11 micromol/L) than in group 3 (66 +/- 7 micromol/L; P < .001 and < .01, respectively). These maximum values were recorded in all groups approximately 2 weeks after the infection was diagnosed. The

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Author

P N Bories; B Campillo; L Azaou; E Scherman

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)