Variant of Ascitic Fluid Bacterial Infections in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis (original) (raw)

results are known. To circumvent the problem, the ascitic fluid white blood count (WBC) and polymorph nuclear neutrophil (PMN) counts have become the standards for making a diagnosis of SBP. 4 Studies have shown that not only symptomatic patients but a significant number of asymptomatic patients of liver cirrhosis with ascites are infected with bacteria causing ascitic fluid infection as well as urinary tract infection (UTI), biliary or gastrointestinal tract infection bacteremia, pneumonia and others. 5 Although these factors are highly relevant in clinical practice, almost no valid information about these factors are known in Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS This observational cross-sectional study included 35 cirrhotic patients with ascites of Child Pugh class C who