ALLMedicine™ Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Center

Apr 24th, 2022 - Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common complication of liver cirrhosis and abdominal ascites, usually caused by organisms from the Enterobacteriaceae family. A woman in her 40s with a history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis presented to ...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent complication to cirrhosis with an unclear long-term prognosis. We aimed to examine its effect on mortality in two independent patient cohorts. We used Danish healthcare data on cirrhosis patien...

Mar 31st, 2022 - The serious nature of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in patients with cirrhosis and the need for timely effective empirical antibiotic therapy in the context of the global surge of antimicrobial resistance and changing epidemiology necess...

Mar 30th, 2022 - Interleukin (IL) -35 induces immunotolerance by suppression of CD8+ T cells during chronic infections and cancers. In the present study, we amined to investigate the role of IL-35-mediated regulation of CD8+ T cells in patients with liver cirrhosi...

Mar 12th, 2022 - Albumin has been used primarily as a plasma expander, since it leads to an increase in the circulating blood volume. Current generally recommended indications for albumin therapy in cirrhotic patients are the prevention of circulatory dysfunction ...

Jun 1st, 2014 - Nonselective beta-blockers are contraindicated in cirrhosis with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, wrote Dr. Mattias Mandorfer and his colleagues in the June issue of Gastroenterology (doi: 10.

Jun 4th, 2012 - SAN DIEGO – Cirrhotics with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis probably need albumin only if their total bilirubin is above 4 mg/dL and/or their blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is above 30 mg/dL, according to transplant hepatologist Dr. James Burton.

Apr 5th, 2011 - Ascites: Overview Ascites is the pathologic collection of fluid within the peritoneal cavity and is often the result of cirrhosis of the liver.[1] Malignant disorders are the next most common cause. Ascites will develop within 10 years of diagnosi...

Dec 14th, 2006 - Norfloxacin vs Ceftriaxone in the Prophylaxis of Infections in Patients With Advanced Cirrhosis and Hemorrhage Fernandez J, Ruiz del Arbol L, Gomez C, et al Gastroenterology. 2006;131:1049-1056 It has been well recognized that the development of b...

Jul 1st, 2004 - ABSTRACTRecent studies have shown that spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is more common than previously thought among patients admitted to the hospital with cirrhotic ascites. Other recent studies have clarified which antibiotic regimens are.