SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE

Authors
PODDAR U CHAWLA Y DHIMAN RK VAIPHEI K VASISHTA RK DILAWARI JB
Citation
U. Poddar et al., SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 13(1), 1998, pp. 109-111
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08159319
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
109 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0815-9319(1998)13:1<109:SBPIFH>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Ascites may be associated with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), but sp ontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an extremely rare complicatio n. We report on two patients with FHF who developed SBP. One patient d ied and the other recovered.