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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]

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In patients with ascites who underwent routine paracentesis, the incidence of active spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ranged from 10% to 27% at the time of hospital admission.^[1] There is an increase in prevalence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitisin patients admitted to hospital.

Age, gender, race are not associated with increased risk of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

↑ Runyon BA (1988). "Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: an explosion of information". Hepatology. 8 (1): 171–5. doi:10.1002/hep.1840080131. PMID 3338704.