Patients with cirrhosis of liver are at risk of developing serious bacterial infections due to altered immune defenses. Despite the widespread use of broad spectrum antibiotics, bacterial infection is responsible for up to a quarter of the deaths of patients with liver disease. Cirrhotic patients with gastrointestinal bleed have a considerably higher incidence of bacterial infections particular...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The recent emergence of third-generation cephalosporin resistance in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is of great concern, although neither the risk factors for resistance nor its real impact on mortality have been well defined. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of all spontaneous bacterial peritonitis episodes with positive blood and/or ascitic culture at our cent...

BACKGROUND In patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, renal function frequently becomes impaired. This impairment is probably related to a reduction in effective arterial blood volume and is associated with a high mortality rate. We conducted a study to determine whether plasma volume expansion with intravenous albumin prevents renal impairment and reduces mortality in th...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is defined as an ascitic fluid infection without an evident intra-abdominal surgically treatable source. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the severe complications in patients with cirrhosis and ascites. Without early antibiotic treatment, this complication is associated with high mortality rate, so early diagnosis and treatment...

The study was a comparative evaluation of the physical and Bio-chemical components of ascitic fluid in different disease conditions associated with ascites e.g. Malignancy, Tuberculosis, Liver Cirrhosis, C.C.F., Nephrotic Syndrome, Anaemia-Hypoproteinemia & Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The study also highlights disease wise age and sex incidence.

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) has been typically described in hospitalized patients. There are little data on ascitic fluid infection in asymptomatic outpatients. The present study was aimed at determining the prevalence and risk factors for asymptomatic ascitic fluid infection among patients with liver cirrhosis attending an outpatient clinic. METHODS Between January 200...