Article
Culture-negative neutrocytic ascites: a less severe variant of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 May 1990
Pelletier G, Salmon D, Ink O, Hannoun S, Attali P, Buffet C, Etienne J P
Abstract excerpt
The clinical signs and symptoms, the biological data and the prognosis of 38 cirrhotic patients with culture-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and 15 cirrhotic patients with culture-negative neutrocytic ascites were compared. The diagnosis of culture-negative neutrocytic ascites was based on the following criteria: an ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear count greater than 250/mm3, a negative ascitic fluid...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Ascites
- Bacterial Infections
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Liver
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Male
- Middle Aged