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Refractory Spontaneous Bacterial Empyema in Cirrhotic Patient
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2021 Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBEM), also called spontaneous bacterial pleuritis, is an infection of the pleural space that arises in the setting of cirrhosis and, by definition, the absence of pneumonia.
Erica Chow +2 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023 Background Chronic liver disease and decompensated cirrhosis are associated with serious complications; spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is considered one of them that may lead to sepsis and adrenal insufficiency.
Mohamed Ramadan Asker +4 more
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Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2020 Introduction. Achromobacter species (spp.) peritonitis has seldom been identified in medical literature. Scarce cases of Achromobacter peritonitis described previously have been correlated with peritoneal dialysis and more sparingly with spontaneous ...
Nishant Tripathi +5 more
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Bordetella hinzii
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Although Bordetella hinzii coccobacilli is most commonly identified in respiratory tracts of birds and rodents, this organism has occasionally been isolated in human infections. We describe a case of B.
Grace C. Wang +6 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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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2013 Background: Spontaneous bacterial pleuritis is a high mortality complication in cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax. Aim: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for spontaneous bacterial pleuritis in cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax.
Ahmed E. Mansour +2 more
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2011 Secondary bacterial peritonitis, in comparison to spontaneous, presents with a surgically treatable intraabdominal source for infection such as a gastrointestinal perforation or abscess and is nearly always polymicrobial.
Scott R. Kelley, George M. Kerlakian
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Case Reports in Hepatology, 2022 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a known complication of patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites. It is differentiated from secondary bacterial peritonitis by the absence of an intraabdominal source of infection.
Saeed Ali, Abdullah Sohail, Kyle Brown
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Bacterial infections in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]
Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2017 Patients with liver cirrhosis are at substantial risk of bacterial infections. Bacterial complications account for more than 30% of hospitalizations and contribute significantly to mortality among cirrhotic patients.
Litvinchuk D.V. +3 more
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Subclinical Hypothyroidism
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 +5 more
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