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2438932

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis occurs frequently in cirrhotic patients. In order to define more accurately the spectrum of this disease, 55 cases of spontaneous peritonitis were compared with 56 controls (patients with negative ascitic fluid cultures). Of several presenting symptoms, only vomiting (p less than 0.01), fever (p less than 0.05), and severe gastrointestinal bleeding (p less than 0.05) were more prevalent in cases than controls. There were no physical signs and no laboratory studies that separated the two groups except for elevated serum amylases in controls. Studies of peritoneal fluid were rarely helpful and cell counts overlapped in the cases and controls. Spontaneous peritonitis is usually seen in patients with severe liver disease, but there are few distinctive symptoms, signs, or laboratory findings. The mortality rate is high, and it is uncertain from our data that antibiotic therapy alters this prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9629
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
293
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous peritonitis: a reappraisal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article