Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2011
Abstract
The role of antibiotic therapy in the treatment of complications of liver cirrhosis is essential. This mainly concerns the treatment of ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, bleeding from esophageal varices and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy.
Included prophylactic antibiotic therapy to the standard procedure for the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices fundamentally changed the survival of patients is similar to the treatment and prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.