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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is defined as bacterial infections that occur in patients with cirrhosis and ascites without any significant intraperitoneal infection, accounting for approximately 10-30% of bacterial infections in hospitalized ...
Do Seon Song
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and associated factors among patients with cirrhotic ascites attending public hospitals in Harari region, eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine
Objectives: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a potentially fatal complication and a serious sequel occurring in patients with cirrhotic ascites. Although the complications of cirrhotic ascites are high and lethal, there was limited information on the
Yimaje Mohammed, Tekabe Abdosh, Kirubel Minsamo Mishore, Mohammed Ahmed, Hassen Abdi Adem, Ahmedin Aliyi Usso, Rudwan Yasin Abrahim, Abdulhakim Ahmed Siyo, Alo Edin   +8 more
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Subclinical Hypothyroidism [PDF]

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2013
Hypothyroidism is an uncommon cause of ascites. Here we describe a case of a 75 year-old female patient with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and subclinical hypothyroidism that resolved with thyroid replacement and antibiotic therapy respectively ...
Dalip Gupta, Preyander Thakur, Vivek Chabra, Munish, Gaurav Kapur, Sachin Sondhi   +5 more
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 1995
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an infection of the ascitic fluid without obvious intra-abdominal source of sepsis; usually complicates advanced liver disease.
Al Amri Saleh
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PDF]

Biomedicines
Approximately 3% of all diagnosed cases of ascites are of cardiac etiology. Although more commonly associated with heart failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension is a known but rare cause of cardiac ascites, which has not been associated with spontaneous
Taylor Beckmann, Nicholas Pavlatos, Dinesh K. Kalra   +2 more
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Hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are associated with increased liver-related readmissions in cirrhosis [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionLiver disease remains a significant global health concern. In China, the number of patients with liver cirrhosis is estimated to reach 7 million. In addition to the high risk of death, cirrhosis leads to several severe complications. Patients
Shan Wang, Shan Wang, Lin Zhang, Jin Li, Jiajun Feng, Jie Gao, Rui Huang   +6 more
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Impact of Quinolone Prophylaxis on Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Mortality in Cirrhosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]

JGH Open
Background Cirrhosis is a major global health concern due to its progressive nature and high risk of complications, including spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), which significantly increases mortality. Quinolone antibiotics, especially norfloxacin,
Ajay Malvi, Nipun Verma, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Subbulakshmi Ganesan, Mandeep Kaur, Manish Srivastava, Amit Barwal, G. V. Siva Prasad, Pranchal Rajput, Rukshar Syed, Kamal Kundra, Kratika Sharma, Diptismitha Jena, Frederick Sidney Correa, Abhinav Rathour, Ganesh Bushi, Rachana Mehta, Sanjit Sah, Prakasini Satapathy, Shilpa Gaidhane, Muhammed Shabil, Hashem Abu Serhan   +21 more
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [PDF]

DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2004
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurs in 30% of patients with ascites due to cirrhosis leading to high morbidity and mortality rates. The pathogenesis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is related to altered host defenses observed in end-stage liver disease, overgrowth of microorganisms, and bacterial translocation from the intestinal lumen to ...
Edna, Strauss, Wanda Regina, Caly
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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2007
AbstractSpontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the infection of ascitic fluid in the absence of any intra-abdominal, surgically treatable source of infection. Despite timely diagnosis and treatment its reported incidence in ascitic patients varies between 7–30%. Ascitic paracentesis remains the chief diagnostic procedure.
A, Koulaouzidis, S, Bhat, A, Karagiannidis, W C, Tan, B D, Linaker   +4 more
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Listerial Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis [PDF]

Cureus, 2022
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe complication of ascites often seen in advanced hepatic disease that is most commonly caused by Gram-negative bacilli. Here, we report a rare case of Listeria monocytogenes SBP, diagnosed by peritoneal fluid culture and responsive to ampicillin, in a patient with portal hypertension secondary to ...
Samant, Samira, Uyemura, Bradley, Sarbagya, Pandit, Jha, Pinky   +3 more
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