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Spontaneous peritonitis and rheumatoid arthritis--a case report
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica
|April 1, 1986
Abstract:
An unusual case in which an adult patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed a fulminant spontaneous gram-positive bacterial peritonitis and underwent emergency laparotomy for this condition is presented. Spontaneous peritonitis in adult patients was previously seen only in patients with liver disease, nephrotic syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus.