Open AccessClinical Presentation and Prevalence of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis and Features of Metabolic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Paolo Sorrentino,
Giovanni Tarantino,
Paolo Conca,
Alessandro Perrella,
O. Perrella
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2004/739509
Subject(s) - spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , cirrhosis , ascites , medicine , gastroenterology , hepatorenal syndrome
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may progress to cirrhosis. The prevalence and clinical relevance that spontaneous bacterial peritonitis may have in complicating ascites due to NASH-related cirrhosis have yet to be defined.
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