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SUBMITTER: Wurstle S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10000989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Würstle Silvia S Hapfelmeier Alexander A Karapetyan Siranush S Studen Fabian F Isaakidou Andriana A Schneider Tillman T Schmid Roland M RM von Delius Stefan S Gundling Felix F Burgkart Rainer R Obermeier Andreas A Mayr Ulrich U Ringelhan Marc M Rasch Sebastian S Lahmer Tobias T Geisler Fabian F Turner Paul E PE Chan Benjamin K BK Spinner Christoph D CD Schneider Jochen J
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20230306 5
Ascitic fluid infection is a serious complication of liver cirrhosis. The distinction between the more common spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and the less common secondary peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis is crucial due to the varying treatment approaches. This retrospective multicentre study was conducted in three German hospitals and analysed 532 SBP episodes and 37 secondary peritonitis episodes. Overall, >30 clinical, microbiological, and laboratory parameters were evalua ...[more]