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6998283

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Peritonitis in patients with pre-existing liver disease and ascites may be secondary to a local abdominal condition which potentially requires surgery for cure, or alternatively, may be spontaneous in origin. For the latter, antimicrobials are therapeutic while surgery is contraindicated. An easily accessible and important clue for distinguishing these forms of peritonitis may be found in the microbiology of ascitic fluid. Visualization on gram stain smear or recovery on culture of multiple organisms and/or anaerobes favors local abdominal disease over spontaneous peritonitis. The presence of Candida species in the ascitic fluid of such patients, although less common, is highly significant. In the absence of peritoneal dialysis, recent abdominal surgery, or risk factors for disseminated candidiasis, the isolation of Candida suggests specifically gastrointestinal perforation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9270
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Peritonitis in patients with liver disease and ascites. Use of Candida albicans as a microbiological clue in differential diagnosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports