Polymicrobial Bacterascites
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 146 (11), 2173-2175
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1986.00360230099015
Abstract
• A retrospective analysis of 1578 abdominal paracenteses revealed ten cases of polymicrobial bacterascites, ie, growth of multiple organisms in ascitic fluid with a neutrophil count less than 250 cells/cu mm. Six of the ten paracenteses that documented this condition were traumatic (bloody or producing feculent material). Clinical peritonitis developed in only one patient. No one died as a result of the infection. Polymicrobial bacterascites is rare (0.6% of paracenteses). It is frequently due to a traumatic paracentesis (bowel entry by the paracentesis needle), and is associated with low morbidity. (Arch Intern Med1986;146:2173-2175)Keywords
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