scholarly journals Clinico-bacteriological profile of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis of liver with ascites

Author(s):  
Shewtank Goel ◽  
Pooja Tripathi Pandey ◽  
Abhay Kumar ◽  
Nidhish Kumar ◽  
Deval Kumar Arora ◽  
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Background: A good and an effective empirical treatment of SBP is not possible unless bacteriological spectrum and their antibiogram is clear. This becomes more important in country like India due to high antibiotic resistance.  Authors aim was to assess the prevalence of SBP, clinical and microbiological profile of its variants, in patients with cirrhosis seeking care at a tertiary care teaching hospital.Methods: Patients of liver cirrhosis with ascites seeking care at study subject during January- December 2018 formed the study population. Diagnosis was based on clinical examination, biochemical investigation and ultrasonography. Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis was performed on subjects within 24 hours of admission. Ascitic fluid was aspirated. It was sent for microbiological examination.Results: Prevalence of SBP was 16.12%. Out of total ten subjects with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP), six subjects were of Culture Negative Neutrocytic Ascites (CNNA). Thus most common (60%), variant of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) was Culture Negative Neutrocytic Ascites (CNNA). Prevalence of Mono-microbial Non-neutrocytic Bacterascites (MNBA) and Classic-Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (C-SBP) was 20%.  Two subjects found positive for MNBA, Staphylococcus aureus and Acinitobacter spp. was detected in each patient. Klebseila pneumonia, Escherichia coli and Coagulase negative Staphylococcus were found in ascitic fluid culture of C-SBP. In clinical variants of SBP, 80% subject’s complaint about abdominal pain. Hepatic-encephalopathy and fever was seen in 7(70%) patients. Rebound tenderness was seen among 60%.Conclusions: Diagnostic paracentesis should be advised to all cirrhotic patients with ascites. Ascitic fluid analysis should be sent for better selection of antibiotics thus better outcome of cirrhotic patients.

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Rahul Pathak ◽  
Annette Von Thun ◽  
Kumar Vikram Singh ◽  
Prem Khadga ◽  
Shashi Sharma

Background: Cirrhosis is a frequent cause of hospital admissions in Nepal with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) being a major determinant of mortality. Limited diagnostic options preclude early risk stratification to improve patient outcomes. We assessed the predictive value of polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts (PMNs) and its association with mortality in hospitalized SBP patients.Methods: We examined 51 cirrhotic patients diagnosed with SBP in a prospective case-control study admitted to a Nepali tertiary care facility from February 2010 to November 2012. Serial paracentesis and ascitic fluid analysis were performed at admission, 24, and 48 hours. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, repeated measures analysis of variance, and logistic regression evaluated ascitic PMNs as predictors of mortality.Results: Deceased patients demonstrated significantly elevated mean circulating and ascitic PMNs. Ascitic PMNs in the non-survivors were significantly elevated upon admission and at 24 and 48 hours. These differences were significant based on absolute counts, relative differences and trends across time. ROC curves provided diagnostic thresholds (1600, 860, 500 cells/mm3) distinguishing the two groups upon presentation, at 24 and 48 hours respectively, with high sensitivities (100%), specificities (82.5-97.5%), and positive predictive values (52.4-84.6%). After adjusting for age and case severity, there was a 9.1-fold greater odds of mortality upon admission, for every increase of 500 ascitic PMNs.Conclusion: In this study of cirrhotic patients with SBP, in-hospital mortality was associated with persistently elevated ascitic PMNs. Ascites PMN thresholds offer a quick, low-tech option to risk stratify patients, prognosticate mortality, and guide patient care in low resourced settings. Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine 2015;04(01):6-12


Author(s):  
Juhi B. Kawale ◽  
Kavita J. Rawat

Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the potentially lethal complication of liver cirrhosis and is defined as infected ascites in the absence of any recognizable secondary cause of infection. Majority of the SBP cases are caused by organism from the gastrointestinal tract mainly aerobic gram-negative organisms- Escherichia coli being the most common etiological agent.Methods: It was a prospective observational study done over a period of 1 year in a tertiary care hospital. 50 patients from medical and gastroenterology wards were included in the study. Patients above 12 year of age with diagnosed cirrhosis of liver and documented evidence of SBP were included. Pregnant females, patients who refused to give consent, patients with a documented evidence of intra-abdominal source of infection or patients with ascitis due to non-hepatic causes were excluded.Results: The high serum bilirubin and creatinine levels were associated with higher mortality rate. Hepatic encephalopathy is associated with worse outcome. The outcome of the patient in relation to the grades of ascitis, liver enzymes, prothrombin time, international normalised ratio (INR), Child pugh grades, ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leucocyte count, ascitic fluid culture and blood culture were not statistically significant.Conclusions: A high index of suspicion should exist for SBP in patients with cirrhosis and ascitis. Serum creatinine and bilirubin levels are strong predictors of mortality. Hepatic encephalopathy has a strong association with mortality in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.


2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-205
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD IMRAN ◽  
Haroon-ur- Rashid ◽  
SHOAIB NAIYAR HASHMI ◽  
Assawar Hussain ◽  
ASHFAQ ALTAF

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence, diagnostic criteria and microbialspectrum of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and its variants in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Design: A hospitalbased prospective study carried out in cirrhotic patients with ascites. Place and duration of Study: The study wasconducted in the Department of Medicine Military Hospital Rawalpindi during October 2000 to March 2002. Subjectand Methods: One hundred and eighty consecutive patients of cirrhotic liver between the ages of 20-65 yearspresenting with ascites reporting to outdoor patient department of Military Hospital Rawalpindi were included in thestudy. The diagnosis of cirrhosis was made on history, clinical examination and the ultrasonographic findings. Thesepatients were subjected to ascites fluid tap and the patients were divided into SBP and non-SBP groups in the light ofresults of ascitic fluid routine examination and culture. The SBP group was further categorized into culture positive SBP,culture negative neutrocytic ascites (CNNA) and bacterascites (BA) on the basis of culture results and total leukocytecount, absolute polymorphonuclear leukocyte count per cubic mm of ascitic fluid. Results: The study included 144males and 36 females having cirrhosis with ascites. The mean age of these patients was 52.32±7.87 years. On thebasis of routine examination and culture of tapped ascitic fluid from these cases 57 of 180(31.66%) patients werediagnosed to have SBP or its variants. In addition to classic SBP in 18(31.58%) patients, its variants namely culturenegative neutrocytic ascites and bacterascites were detected in 37(64.92%) and two (3.5%) cases respectively. E. coliwas the most frequently cultured organism. It was isolated in 12 cases of SBP (60%). In 4 cases (20%) Klebsiella wascultured whereas Proteus mirabilus and Streptococcus were reported in two cases (10%) each. Conclusion: This studyindicates that spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is common and potentially fatal complication in cirrhotic patients withascites. E. coli is the most frequent offending organism.


2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. e628-e629
Author(s):  
Alberto Amador ◽  
Sara Cobo ◽  
Ariadna Padulles ◽  
Raul Rigo ◽  
Inmaculada Grau ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerônimo De Conto Oliveira ◽  
Enrique Carrera ◽  
Roberta C. Petry ◽  
Caroline Deutschendorf ◽  
Augusto Mantovani ◽  
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Introduction. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) has a deleterious clinical impact in end-stage liver disease, and multidrug resistance has increased, raising concern about effectiveness of traditional antibiotic regimens. Patients and Methods. Single-center retrospective study of ascitic fluid infections in cirrhotic patients. Results. We analyzed medical records related to 2129 culture-positive ascitic fluid and found 183 samples from cirrhotic patients. There were 113 monobacterial SBP cases from 97 cirrhotic patients; 57% of patients were male; hepatitis C and alcohol were the main etiologies for cirrhosis. Multidrug resistant bacteria were isolated in 46.9% of SBP samples, and third-generation cephalosporin and quinolone resistant reached 38.9% and 25.7% of SBP cases. Conclusion. SBP due to multidrug resistant bacteria is a growing problem, and one should consider reported resistance profiles for the decision-making process of empirical first-line treatment prescription.


2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. S-953
Author(s):  
Arslan Kahloon ◽  
Rodjawan Supakul ◽  
Paul Y. Kwo ◽  
Raj Vuppalanchi ◽  
Marwan Ghabril ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mariangela Pampalone ◽  
Simona Corrao ◽  
Giandomenico Amico ◽  
Giampiero Vitale ◽  
Rossella Alduino ◽  
...  

AbstractCirrhosis is associated with dysregulated immune cell activation and immune dysfunction. These conditions modify gut flora, facilitate bacterial translocation, and increase susceptibility to bacterial peritonitis and consequent systemic infections by dramatically affecting long-term patient survival. Human amnion-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hA-MSCs) exert immunomodulatory potential benefit, and have the ability to modulate their actions, especially in situations requiring immune activation through mechanisms not fully understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate, in vitro, the immunostimulant or immunosuppressive effects of hA-MSCs on cellular components of ascitic fluid obtained from cirrhotic patients with refractory ascites. We found that hA-MSCs viability is not affected by ascitic fluid and, interestingly, hA-MSCs diminished the pro-inflammatory cytokine production, and promoted anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage polarization. Moreover, we found that there was no simultaneous significant decrease in the M1-like component, allowing a continual phagocytosis activity of macrophages and NK cells to restore a physiological condition. These data highlight the plasticity of hA-MSCs’ immunomodulatory capacity, and pave the way to further understanding their role in conditions such as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Graphical abstract


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