A Case of a Large Intraabdominal Abscess in a Patient with Cirrhosis Misdiagnosed as Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a known complication of patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites. It is differentiated from secondary bacterial peritonitis by the absence of an intraabdominal source of infection. We present a 56-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis who underwent multi...
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| Main Authors: | Saeed Ali, Abdullah Sohail, Kyle Brown |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Hepatology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5951115 |
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