Frequency of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis with Ascites at Tanta University Hospitals | ||||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 87, March, March 2019, Page 147-152 PDF (532.36 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.52334 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| SHEREEN A. ABOGALALA, M.Sc.; MUHAMMAD T. ABD EL-GHAFAR, M.D.; ABDALLAH A. EL-SAWY, M.D.; MABROUK R. AL-SHEIKH, M.D. | ||||
| The Departments of Internal Medicine* and Clinical Pathology**, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract Background: Liver cirrhosis represents one of the major causes of death worldwide. Many complications can be de-tected in liver cirrhosis. Among these complications is ascites which seems to be the most frequent one. Patients with cirrhosis and ascites show a higher susceptibility to bacterial infections mainly because of the inadequate defense mecha-nisms. In those patients, the most frequent infectious compli-cation that occurs and at the same time the most severe one is spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Aim of Study: To identify the frequency of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients of liver cirrhosis with ascites at Tanta University Hospitals. Patients and Methods: This study included three hundred patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. Data were collected including; clinical, demographic and laboratory data. Ascitic fluid analysis and/or culture were done for diagnosis of SBP. Statistical analysis was carried out for all collected data using IBM & SPSS Version 20. Statistical significance was deter-mined at a p-value <0.05. Results: The frequency of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients of liver cirrhosis with ascites at Tanta University Hospitals represented by 41.7%. Conclusions: The frequency of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients of liver cirrhosis with ascites at Tanta University Hospitals represented by 41.7% of the collected cases. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Liver cirrhosis; ascites; Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis | ||||
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