Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in extrahepatic portal venous obstruction
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined by a positive ascitic fluid bacterial culture and an elevated ascitic fluid absolute polymorphonuclear count (≥250 cells/mm3) without an evident intra-abdominal, surgically treatable source of infection. Transient ascites is well documented in patients wi...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959491/ |