%0 Journal Article
%T Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
%A Sebati £¿zdemir
%J Medical Journal of Bakirk£¿y
%D 2012
%I Bakirk?y Tip Dergisi
%X Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined as an ascitic  uid infection associated with a positive bacterial culture and polymorphonuclear leukocyte cell count of ¡İ 250/mm3 in the absence of a surgically treatable intraabdominal source of infection. This infection almost universally exists in the background of severe liver disease. In this article, the clinical, pathophysiological, diagnostic and therapeutic features of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are reviewed.
%K Peritonitis
%K cirrhosis
%K ascites
%K paracentesis
%K infection
%K bacterium
%U http://www.bakirkoytip.org/pdf/163201216491.pdf