Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 78-82, July 2009

Gram's Stain of Peritoneal Fluid Is Rarely Helpful in the Evaluation of the Ascites Patient

  • Brian Chinnock, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Brian Chinnock, MD, UCSF-Fresno Building, 155 Fresno Street, Suite 216, Fresno, CA 93701; 559-499-6440, fax 559-499-6441
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  • Casey Fox, BS
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  • Gregory W. Hendey, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco–Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, CA

Received 5 September 2008; received in revised form 21 November 2008; accepted 16 December 2008. published online 09 February 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Gregory J. Moran, MD

 Author contributions: BC conceived the study. BC, CF, and GWH designed the study. BC and CF supervised and managed the data collection. BC and CF did all final data analysis, and GWH provided statistical advice. BC and GWH drafted the article. BC, CF, and GWH worked on the revision. BC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online February 7, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02119-7

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.020

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 78-82, July 2009

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