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[Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis during liver cirrhosis: the clinical findings and therapeutic considerations]
1Cattedra di Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi di Parma.
Annali Italiani Di Medicina Interna : Organo Ufficiale Della Societa Italiana Di Medicina Interna
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Among 1211 consecutive patients admitted to hospital for liver cirrhosis, 625 (51.6%) had ascites. Forty-four of them (7%) had ascitic infection. Thirty-four cases (5.4%) of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and 10 cases (1.6%) of culture-negative neutrocytic ascites (CNNA) were diagnosed. The infecting organism was most likely Gram-negative of enteric origin (80%), CNNA mortality (30%) was lower than that of SBP (47%). High mortality suggests to treat patients affected by either SBP or CNNA with antibiotics.