13Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of peritoneum
DC50Peritonitis
DC50.0Primary peritonitis
DC50.00
category
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Definition Acute bacterial infection of ascitic fluid without the evident source of the infecting agent in the patient with liver cirrhosis, or in the patient receiving peritoneal dialysis
Also indexed as
Primary bacterial peritonitis Primary spontaneous bacterial peritonitis SBP- [spontaneous bacterial peritonitis] Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Nearby in Primary peritonitis
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