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* All patients who have survived an episode of SBP should receive long-term prophylaxis with daily norfloxacin (or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) because this is the most data-supported indication for long-term outpatient prophylaxis. <ref>http://guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=14887&search=ascitis</ref> | * All patients who have survived an episode of SBP should receive long-term prophylaxis with daily [[norfloxacin]] (or [[trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole]]) because this is the most data-supported indication for long-term outpatient prophylaxis. <ref>http://guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=14887&search=ascitis</ref> | ||
* All cirrhotic patients might benefit from antibiotics if: | * All cirrhotic patients might benefit from antibiotics if: | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Prevention
- All patients who have survived an episode of SBP should receive long-term prophylaxis with daily norfloxacin (or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) because this is the most data-supported indication for long-term outpatient prophylaxis. [1]
- All cirrhotic patients might benefit from antibiotics if:
References
- ↑ http://guideline.gov/content.aspx?id=14887&search=ascitis
- ↑ Runyon BA (1986). "Low-protein-concentration ascitic fluid is predisposed to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis". Gastroenterology. 91 (6): 1343–6. PMID 3770358.
- ↑ Grangé JD, Roulot D, Pelletier G; et al. (1998). "Norfloxacin primary prophylaxis of bacterial infections in cirrhotic patients with ascites: a double-blind randomized trial". J. Hepatol. 29 (3): 430–6. PMID 9764990.