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Peritonitis Main Page
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Overview
Causes
Classification Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Secondary Peritonitis
Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Causes

Common causes Less common causes Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Aerobic gram-negative bacteria, such as Escherichia coli Gram-positive cocci, such as  Streptococcus Enterococcus  Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus salivarius Poly-microbial infection Secondary peritonitis Gram-negative bacilli (e.g. Escherichia coli),  Anaerobic bacteria (e.g. Bacteroides fragilis) Enterobacter cloacae Staphylococcus epidermidis Propionibacterium species Pseudomonas Enterococcus Candida