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Asymptomatic Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

NCT03163745 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2020-11-19

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Summary

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined as the presence of an infection in a previously sterile ascites in the absence of an intra-abdominal source of infection or malignancy .

The variants of Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis includes - (i) Classic Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: -ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and positive culture. (ii) Culture negative neutrocytic ascitis but the ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts more than 250/mm3 and (iii) Bacterascites: - a culture positive ascitic fluid but the polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts less than 250/mm3

Conditions

  • Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

paracentesis

paracentesis will be done for all patient for ascitic fluid study and ascitic fluid culture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antony Georgy, MBBCh · Assiut University

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-11
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-05-26

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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