## Whereas spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBEM) is an infection of a preexisting hydrothorax in cirrhotic patients a well-known entity with a reported incidence between and has seldom been reported. To determine its inci-15% and 20% in hospitalized cirrho
Spontaneous bacterial empyema in cirrhotic patients: A prospective study
β Scribed by X Xiol; JM Castellvi; J Guardiola; E Sese; J Castellote; A Perello; X Cervantes; MJ Iborra
- Book ID
- 118686202
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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Eleven episodes of spontaneous bacterial empyema were identified in eight cirrhotic patients with ascites. Criteria for spontaneous bacterial empyema included positive pleural fluid culture or polymorphonuclear cell concentration >500 cells/mm3, evidence of pleural effusion before an infectious epis
Two hundred and twenty-four consecutive inpatients with cirrhosis, mostly of nonalcoholic etiology, and ascites were prospectively investigated on admission for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) by culture, smear, and polymorphonuclear (PMN) counts of ascitic fluid. Positive cultures were foun