Qurban Hussain, Shahbaz Hyder, Azhar Chaudhry M, Mashoor Alam Shah.
Prevalence of Bacterascites.
J Surg Pak Jan ;7(3):50-1.

This is a Hospital based prospective study carried out in Medical Unit-I, Department of Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi from June, 1993 to May, 1994, to find the prevalence of bacterascites in cirrhotic patients with ascites. 65 cirrhotic patients with ascites were selected. Aspiration of ascitic fluid of all patients was done. The fluid was sent for analysis, culture and sensitivity. The main laboratory indicators were polymorph count/mm3 and culture positive ascitic fluid. Patients with bacterascites were followed for 12 weeks. Prevalence of bacterascites was 8%. Twenty percent patients of bacterascites developed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) during 12 weeks follow up. Bacterascites does not require aggressive treatment. It usually resolves spontaneously.

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