Study on Ascitic Fluid Culture and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Profile in Cirrhotic Patients admitted in a Medical College Hospital
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Date
2019
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Educational Society for Excellence
Abstract
Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a fatal complication of liver cirrhosis. Ascitic fluid culture is positive in half of the cases. Materials and methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted upon the patients admitted in Medicine ward of VIMS, Pawapuri. Bacterial examination of ascitic fluid, culture and antibiotic sensitivity was done. Results: 47.2% of SBP cases were culture positive. E. coli (46.2%), Klebsiella (26.9%), Acinetobacter (7.7%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3.8%) were the common organisms isolated. Conclusion: As half of SBP cases have positive culture, ascitic fluid culture and antibiotic sensitivity testing is essential in such cases.
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Antibiotic sensitivity, Ascitic fluid, Culture, Microbiology, Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Citation
Prasad Rajesh, Kumari Renu, Anand Amit Kumar, Kumar Arvind. Study on Ascitic Fluid Culture and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Profile in Cirrhotic Patients admitted in a Medical College Hospital. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2019 Feb; 6(2): 62-68