Background Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe and often fatal infection in
patients with cirrhosis and ascites. Aim To review the known and changing bacteriology, risk …

Purpose International guidelines for antibiotic treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
(SBP) are based on studies conducted decades ago and do not reflect regional differences …

Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a consensus
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AIM: To verify the validity of the International Ascites Club guidelines for treatment of
spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in clinical practice. METHODS: All SBP episodes …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered a bacterial infection of ascitic fluid
without any intraabdominal, surgically treatable source of infection. Multiple variants of this …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the main infectious complications of
cirrhosis and occurs in 8–30% of hospitalized patients with ascites. SBP is characterized by …

Background Current recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy in spontaneous
bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are based on quite old trials. Since microbial epidemiology and …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is de-fined as an infection of preexisting ascites in
the absence of any obvious intraabdominal source. Al-though SBP was first reported in …

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a bacterial infection of ascitic fluid in patients with
decompensated cirrhosis. The modifier 'spontaneous' distinguishes this from surgical …

Recent studies have shown that spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is more common
than previously thought among patients admitted to the hospital with cirrhotic ascites. Other …