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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with gastric carcinoma
G K Makharia1, B C Sharma, D K Bhasin
1Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|November 5, 1998
Abstract:
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is classically described in patients with cirrhosis and nephrotic syndrome. However, SBP rarely occurs in patients with malignant ascites. We report a patient with gastric cancer with ascites, who developed SBP. Clinicians need to be aware of this complication in patients with malignant ascites.