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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a [[bacterial infection]] caused by a wide variety of [[microbes]]. It is caused usually by a single organism but it can be [[polymicrobial]] too. The most common organisms are | Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a [[bacterial infection]] caused by a wide variety of [[microbes]]. It is caused usually by a single organism but it can be [[polymicrobial]] too. | ||
The most common organisms are | |||
* Aerobic gram negative bacteria - [[E.coli]] <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449290</ref>. | |||
* Aerobic gram positive bacteria - [[Streptococci]]) | |||
Among streptococci, viridan's group is known to cause more frequently.<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=15698399%20</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
Causes
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a bacterial infection caused by a wide variety of microbes. It is caused usually by a single organism but it can be polymicrobial too. The most common organisms are
- Aerobic gram positive bacteria - Streptococci)
Among streptococci, viridan's group is known to cause more frequently.[2]