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* [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] [[gram negative bacteria]] - [[E.coli]] <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449290</ref>. | * [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] [[gram negative bacteria]] - [[E.coli]] <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449290</ref>. | ||
* [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] [[gram positive bacteria]] - [[Streptococci]] | * [[Aerobic bacteria|Aerobic]] [[gram positive bacteria]] - [[Streptococci]] ([[Streptococcus viridans|viridan's]] group is more common<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 (viridan's group is more common[2]