Sandbox: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Pathogenesis
Bacterial Translocation
It is defined as the translocation of either bacteria or bacterial products such as lipopolysacharides (LPS), bacterial DNA, peptidoglycans, muramyl-dipeptides from gut into mesenteric lymph nodes.[1]
Physiological:
References
- ↑ Berg RD, Garlington AW (1979) Translocation of certain indigenous bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract to the mesenteric lymph nodes and other organs in a gnotobiotic mouse model. Infect Immun 23 (2):403-11. PMID: 154474