Blood Procalcitonin Predicts Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites

Mehrnaz Asadi Gharabaghi, Seyed Farshad Allameh, Hossein Foroutan, Alireza Abdollahi, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Effat Kahe, Siamak Mehdizadeh Seraj

Abstract


Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is defined as an ascitic fluid infection without a surgically-treatable intra-abdominal source.

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