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Asymptomatic Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis in Upper Egypt : A Prospective Hospital Based Study
In Brief
An observational study evaluating paracentesis for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. Completed, enrolled 70 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined as the presence of an infection in a previously sterile ascites in the absence of an intra-abdominal source of infection or malignancy . The variants of Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis includes - (i) Classic Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: -ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and positive culture. (ii) Culture negative neutrocytic ascitis but the ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and (iii) Bacterascites: - a culture positive ascitic fluid but the polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts less than 250/mm3
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Interventions
paracentesis will be done for all patient for ascitic fluid study and ascitic fluid culture