Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae - Case Report

• Authors: Andrzej Litarski , Dariusz Janczak , Jan Cianciara , Marcin Merenda
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is caused by infection of ascitic fluid without any apparent intraabdominal source of infection. The disease most commonly occurs in patients with cirrhosis and 70% of cases of infections are caused by pathogenes from gastrointestinal tract. The article presents the case of 38-year-old patient with spontaneous peritonitis who was treated surgically. The primary nature of the disease was confirmed by laparotomy and bacteriological examination results (Streptoccocus pneumonia) of ascitic fluid. After 54 days of hospitalisation and undergoing re-laparotomy, he was discharged in good condition.

Keywords

EN

spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; ascites

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 283-286

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2011

online

24 - 6 - 2011

Contributors

author

Andrzej Litarski

• Department of Surgery, 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław

author

Dariusz Janczak

• Department of Vascular, General and Transplantological Surgery, Medical University in Wrocław

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Jan Cianciara

• Department of Surgery, 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław

author

Marcin Merenda

• Department of Surgery, 4th Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-011-0044-2