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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IMPACT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES ON SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS OVER 17 YEARS [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2018 BACKGROUND: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a serious complication in cirrhotic patients, and changes in the microbiological characteristics reported in the last years are impacting the choice of antibiotic used for treatment.
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Levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1, eicosanoids and cytokines in ascites of patients with liver cirrhosis, peritoneal cancer and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [PDF]
, 1995 The levels of the eicosanoids leukotriene B4, prostaglandin E2, prostacycline and thromboxane B2, the cytokines interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 were measured in ascites and plasma ...
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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 MedicineObjectives: 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
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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 ...
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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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Infection and Drug ResistanceWei Zheng, Jianhua Liu, Haixia Bai, Xin Xu, Lina Wu, Xiaosong Qin Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Shengyang, People’s Republic of ...
Zheng W, Liu J, Bai H, Xu X, Wu L, Qin X
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Managing concurrent nephrotic syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and herpes zoster in an immunocompromised child: Diagnostic difficulties and treatment outcomes. [PDF]
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PDF]
BiomedicinesApproximately 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
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Hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are associated with increased liver-related readmissions in cirrhosis [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineIntroductionLiver 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
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