Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
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John C. Hoefs; Hanna N. Canawati; Francisco L. Sapico; R. Randy Hopkins; John We
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Forty-three patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) between 1973 and 1978 were identified. Criteria for SBP included a positive ascites culture and polymorphonuclear cell concentration greater than 250 cells per mm3. Chronic liver disease was documented by vayces in 91%, severe histolo