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Peritonitis Main Page

Patient Information

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]

Overview

Causes


Common causes Less common causes
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Secondary peritonitis


Classification

Peritonitis is classified based on the cause of the inflammatory process and the character of microbial contamination as follows:[1][2][3]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peritonitis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Primary peritonitis
 
 
 
 
Secondary peritonitis
 
 
 
 
Tertiary peritonitis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
❑ Spontaneous peritonitis
❑ Peritonitis in patients with CAPD
❑ Tuberculous peritonitis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
❑ Peritonitis without evidence for pathogens
❑ Peritonitis with fungi
❑ Peritonitis with low-grade pathogenic bacteria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acute perforation peritonitis
❑ Gastrointestinal perforation
❑ Intestinal ischemia
❑ Pelviperitonitis and other forms
 
 
Postoperative peritonitis
❑ Anastomotic leak
❑ Accidental perforation and devascularization
 
 
Post-traumatic peritonitis
❑ After blunt abdominal trauma
❑ After penetrating abdominal trauma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Differential diagnosis

References

  1. Wittmann DH, Schein M, Condon RE (1996). "Management of secondary peritonitis". Ann Surg. 224 (1): 10–8. PMC 1235241. PMID 8678610.
  2. Nathens AB, Rotstein OD, Marshall JC (1998) Tertiary peritonitis: clinical features of a complex nosocomial infection. World J Surg 22 (2):158-63. PMID: 9451931
  3. Mishra SP, Tiwary SK, Mishra M, Gupta SK (2014) An introduction of Tertiary Peritonitis. J Emerg Trauma Shock 7 (2):121-3. DOI:10.4103/0974-2700.130883 PMID: 24812458