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Overview
Some emerging tests may provide a significant contribution to the diagnosis and therapeutic management of SBP although current laboratory diagnosis of SBP entail a limited number of conventional investigations, like ascitic fluid PMN count and culture.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other emerging diagnostic tests used for the diagnosis of SBP include:
- Procalcitonin.[1]
A value < 0.5 ng/ml rules out SBP.Highly sensitive.
- Assessment of Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin ( NGAL) in peritoneal fluid.[2][3]
- Amylase.
- C reactive protein.[1]
- Assessment of bacterial DNA in ascitic fluid by nucleic acid amplification.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yuan, Le-Yong; Ke, Zun-Qiong; Wang, Ming; Li, Yan (2013). "Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein in the Diagnosis and Prediction of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Associated With Chronic Severe Hepatitis B". Annals of Laboratory Medicine. 33 (6): 449. doi:10.3343/alm.2013.33.6.449. ISSN 2234-3806.
- ↑ Lippi, Giuseppe; Caleffi, Alberta; Pipitone, Silvia; Elia, Gianfranco; Ngah, Anna; Aloe, Rosalia; Avanzini, Paola; Ferrari, Carlo (2013). "Assessment of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and lactate dehydrogenase in peritoneal fluids for the screening of bacterial peritonitis". Clinica Chimica Acta. 418: 59–62. doi:10.1016/j.cca.2012.12.020. ISSN 0009-8981.
- ↑ Martino FK, Filippi I, Giavarina D, Kaushik M, Rodighiero MP, Crepaldi C; et al. (2012). "Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in the early diagnosis of peritonitis: the case of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin". Contrib Nephrol. 178: 258–63. doi:10.1159/000337888. PMID 22652747.