scholarly journals Infected ascites: Distinguishing secondary peritonitis from spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a cirrhotic patient with classic symptoms

IDCases ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 29-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Louis Roy Lu ◽  
Akanksha Agarwal ◽  
Josh Sloan ◽  
Aaron Kosmin
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (apr05 1) ◽  
pp. bcr2013008629-bcr2013008629 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. O. Ferreira ◽  
L. N. Martins ◽  
R. T. Marinho ◽  
J. Velosa

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Ling Lee ◽  
Sheng-Dong Shih ◽  
Yu-Jong Weng ◽  
Changhua Chen ◽  
Chun-Eng Liu

We report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis caused by Bacillus cereus in a cirrhotic patient without preceding disruption of skin or symptoms of gastroenteritis. This rapidly fatal infection due to B. cereus adds to the long list of aetiologies of infectious complications among patients with cirrhosis of the liver.


Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (21) ◽  
pp. e19887
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hui Wang ◽  
Ting-Han Tai ◽  
Shih-Yen Weng ◽  
Shin-Wen Yeh ◽  
Sheng-Jie Shiue ◽  
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