Results 61 to 70 of about 1,292,370 (159)

Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) use and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) in patients of Cirrhosis with Sepsis

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To find the relationship between Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) use and development of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) in patients of cirrhosis with sepsis. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Raja M Waqar Khan, Shazia Nisar, Kamran Ali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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., Danilov D.E., Solovey N.V., Karpov I.A.   +3 more
doaj  

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Brucella melitensis.

, 2003
Peritonitis is an extremely rare complication of brucellosis. A case is reported of blood and ascitic culture-proven spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Brucella melitensis, in a patient who had also ...
Colpan, Aylin, MD, Akinci, Esragül, Erbay, Ayse, Cevik, Mustafa A, Bodur, Hürrem   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A Rare Case of Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis from Clostridium perfringens in an Adult Patient with Noncirrhotic Ascites and a Krukenberg Tumor: Report of a Case

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
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence

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, Azema A. El-Rahman, Tarek Besheer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First Documented Case of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube-Associated Bacterial Peritonitis due to Achromobacter Species with Literature Review

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, Niki Koirala, Hirotaka Kato, Tushi Singh, Kishore Karri, Kshitij Thakur   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: Etiology and antibiotic treatment [PDF]

, 2020
Carbapenem antibiotics were first introduced in the 1980s and have long been considered the most active agents for the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
Di Franco S., Petrou S., Alfieri A., Pace M. C., Martora F., Leone S., Passavanti M. B., Fiore M.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Incidence of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Using Rifaximin and Lactulose: A Study at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Rawalpindi

Life and Science
Objective: To determine the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhosis patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis receiving Lactulose, Rifaximin, or a combination of both, and to compare the efficacy of these treatments.
Muhammad Saad Aziz, Fuad Ahmad Siddiqi, Muhammad Hammad, Wasif Anwar, Sidra Aman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: How to deal with this life-threatening cirrhosis complication?

, 2008
Tarsila CR Ribeiro1, Julio MF Chebli2, Mario Kondo1, Pedro Duarte Gaburri3, Liliana Andrade Chebli2, Ana Cristina Amaral Feldner11Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine of University Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, EPM, S& ...
Tarsila CR Ribeiro, Pedro Duarte Gaburri, Julio MF Chebli, Liliana Andrade Chebli, Mario Kondo, Ana Cristina Amaral Feldner   +5 more
core  

IMPACT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES ON SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN THREE DIFFERENT PERIODS OVER 17 YEARS

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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.
Paulo Roberto Lerias de ALMEIDA, Gabriel Stefani LEÃO, Charlles David Gonçalves GONÇALVES, Rafael Veiga PICON, Cristiane Valle TOVO   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source