MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY EXUDATE, BLOOD AND AFFECTED TISSUES SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS WITH INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES IN COMPLICATED INFECTION OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY.

Objective: The aim: To conduct an analysis of the results of a microbiological examination of biological samples taken from patients with intra-abdominal abscesses.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: Material for microbiological examination was collected from 60 patients during surgery and transported to laboratory at the same day. Isolation and identification of microbial pure cultures were performed by standard microbiological methods.

Randomized, double-blind, controlled study of glycerol phenylbutyrate in hepatic encephalopathy.

Unlabelled: Glycerol phenylbutyrate (GPB) lowers ammonia by providing an alternate pathway to urea for waste nitrogen excretion in the form of phenylacetyl glutamine, which is excreted in urine. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial enrolled 178 patients with cirrhosis, including 59 already taking rifaximin, who had experienced two or more hepatic encephalopathy (HE) events in the previous 6 months. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with HE events.