Background: Over the last several decades, chronic liver disease incidence has increased globally. One of most common complications cirrhosis is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Objective: To assess prevalence peritonitis in patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding decompensated Methodology: The current study was cross sectional carried out at Gastroenterology department, Qazi...

AIM OF THE STUDY To assess the objective incidence of infectious complications in liver cirrhosis, to find out correlation among stage of liver cirrhosis, number of infectious complications and mortality in cirrhotic patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS 93 patients with liver cirrhosis were hospitalized from June 1996 to November 1998 (age: 53,44 I 8,03 years, Child-Pugh score: 11,58 I 2,12). 6 pat...

Salmonella typhimurium, a non-typhoidal salmonella, is an unusual cause of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). It is usually reported in asymptomatic patients with normal or high ascitic fluid protein levels with underlying immunosuppression, as high opsonic activity in the ascitic fluid of these patients protects them from the usual organisms causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, unl...

A 58-year-old male with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis presents with right lower extremity cellulitis, abdominal tenderness, and severe sepsis after sustaining puncture injury from a cactus on a property with feral cats. Blood cultures and diagnostic paracentesis were consistent with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Pasteurella multocida, a gram-negative coccobacillus found in t...