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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 negative bacteria(E.coli) . Aerobic gram positive bacteria(Streptococci) also known to cause spontaneous bacterial peritonitis but with lesser frequency. Among streptococci, viridan's group is known to cause with more frequently.