Peritonitis risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Patients with liver disease are at increased risk. Risk factors for liver disease include alcoholic cirrhosis and other diseases that lead to cirrhosis, such as viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B or C).
Spontaneous peritonitis also occurs in patients who are on dialysis for kidney failure.
References
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