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5 days ago · DEFINITIONS. Inflammation of the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity. Primary: without an intra-abdominal source. Secondary: caused by viscus rupture/perforation, bowel necrosis, or extension of an intraperitoneal organ infection or abscess.
5 days ago · Sepsis is a severe illness characterized by a systemic, whole-body response to infection and is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Sepsis is most common in older individuals and infants, and can be difficult to diagnose due to its variable presentation.
5 days ago · Case Presentation . A 71-year-old male patient was diagnosed with spontaneous bacteria peritonitis secondary to hepatitis C cirrhosis. The result of bacterial culture in ascites was positive, and the pathogenic bacteria was preliminarily identified as the Gordonia genus by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry.
5 days ago · Sepsis is a rare life threatening condition that can develop rapidly from what might be otherwise innocuous infections. Recognising it at an early stage among the huge number of ordinary infections can be a challenge even to experienced clinicians.
2 days ago · Following further investigation, he was diagnosed with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis with ascitic fluid growing coccidioides immitis, and serology positive for IgM (1:32). Hence, the diagnosis of disseminated coccidioidomycosis was confirmed.He was started receiving treatment with fluconazole and amphotericin-B [amphotericin].
4 days ago · The majority of patients had macroscopic peritoneal disease (97%), but in the few studies using the JGCA classification the amount of macroscopic peritoneal disease was not clearly described. Consensus on the preferred classification system and the definition of incurable peritoneal disease would ease the comparison of future studies.
6 days ago · The proposed definition and diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock have been applied in clinics and research institutions for decades (Tables 1 and2).[1,2]A recent retrospective study showed that about 12% of patients with severe sepsis did not meet two or more criteria of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
