Forty patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, three of whom had complicating acute hepatitis syndrome, eight late-onset hepatic failure, and 29 with cirrhosis, were treated with ceftriaxone 2 g intravenously once daily for 5 days. Ascitic fluid culture was positive in 28 patients, with Escherichia coli and Klebsiella as common isolates. All the bacteria isolated were sensitive to ceftr...

The levels of the eicosanoids leukotriene B4, prostaglandin E2, prostacycline and thromboxane B2, the cytokines interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 were measured in ascites and plasma samples of patients with liver cirrhosis (53), peritoneal cancer (26) and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (10) to assess their value a...

Background: Infection increases the morbidity and mortality in liver cirrhosis patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of infection related to survival and risk factors for death in adult patients with liver cirrhosis in a university hospital. Methods: In a retrospective cohort study of Brazilian hospitalized cirrhotic patients, medical records data were analysed, and all ...

Bacterial infection is a common complication in cirrhotic patients. The portal hypertension as well as the immune depression observed in these patients can explain this high incidence of bacterial infection. Because of the high probability of cirrhotic patients to develop infections, antibiotic prophylaxis is warranted in some conditions, such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding or after spontan...

Pathogenesis of Ascites 1517 Cirrhotic Ascites 1517 Noncirrhotic Ascites 1517 Clinical Features 1518 History 1518 Physical Examination 1518 Diagnosis 1519 Abdominal Paracentesis 1519 Ascitic Fluid Analysis 1521 Differential Diagnosis of Ascites 1527 Complications 1528 Ascitic Fluid Infection, Including Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 1528 Cellulitis 1534 Tense Ascites 1535 Pleural Effusions 1...

J. Pascual Santos, P. Florida, 31 3B, E-28008 Madrid (Spain) Dear Sir, Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a well-known complication which occurs in up to 8% of cirrhot-ics with ascites [1]. Moreover, SBP has been reported in patients without hepatic disease but in whom ascites alone was present [2, 3]. In a report of peritonitis in renal transplant recipients Hau et al. [4] describe a c...

The Purpose of the current study to Evaluate efficacy intravenous ciprofloxacin with ceftriaxone for treatment bacterial peritonitis in patients liver cirrhosis at PIMS Hospital Islamabad from January 2021 June Department Medicine .A total 260 were selected this study. Patients randomly allocated two groups (Group A and B). aged 13 60 years both genders established cirrhosis, diagnosed on ultra...