Original Article BACKGROUND: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common and potentially fatal complication of cirrhosis of liver with ascites, both in alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease, although more common in former case. AIMS : To determine the prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and its clinical profiles in patients of cirrhosis of liver with ascites. STUDY...

INTRODUCTION. Bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients is a severe complication that requires early recognition and specific therapeutic care. MATERIAL AND METHODS. In this review the various aspects of diagnosis and management of infections that may impact survival in cirrhosis are analyzed. RESULTS. Active search for infections allows early detection and its treatment with suitable antibioti...

AIM We aimed for detection of bacterial DNA (bactDNA) in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its prognostic relevance in cirrhotic patients with culture-negative non-neutrocytic ascites (CNNNA). BACKGROUND approximately 60% of patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are ascites culture negative. PATIENTS AND METHODS Of each 77 patient...

Infection by multidrug resistant bacteria is arousing as a relevant issue among hospitalized subjects and is of particular interest in patients with cirrhosis given the frequent use of broad spectrum antibiotics and their altered immune response. We report the first case report of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) caused by Enterococcus casseliflavus and the sixth case of SBP caused by En...

Ascitic fluids from patients suspected of having spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were inoculated into blood culture bottles (i) at the bedside and (ii) in the laboratory after a delay. In 29 episodes in which the bedside bottles were culture positive, only 22 (75.9%) of the laboratory-inoculated sets demonstrated growth; this difference was statistically significant (P less than 0.02).