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==Classification==
==Classification==
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is one of the variants of ascitic fluid infections.<ref name="pmid3778046">{{cite journal |author=Runyon BA, Hoefs JC, Canawati HN |title=Polymicrobial bacterascites. A unique entity in the spectrum of infected ascitic fluid |journal=Arch. Intern. Med. |volume=146 |issue=11 |pages=2173–5 |year=1986 |month=November |pmid=3778046 |doi= |url=}}</ref> <ref name="pmid2210672">{{cite journal |author=Runyon BA |title=Monomicrobial nonneutrocytic bacterascites: a variant of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis |journal=Hepatology |volume=12 |issue=4 Pt 1 |pages=710–5 |year=1990 |month=October |pmid=2210672 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is one of the variants of ascitic fluid infections.
Classification of ascitic fluid infections is based on neutrophil count and culture report.
* Classification of ascitic fluid infections is based on neutrophil count and culture report.


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| '''Type of Infection''' || '''Bacterial Culture Report''' || '''Neutrophil Count (per mm<sup>3</sup>)'''
| '''Type of Infection''' || '''Bacterial Culture Report''' || '''Neutrophil Count (cells/mm<sup>3</sup>)''' || '''Comments''' ||
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| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis || Positive for one organism || >250 cells
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis || Positive usually for one organism || ≥250 || Patients with cirrhosis and ascites in the presence or absence of symptoms and signs
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| Culture negative neutrocytic ascites || Negative || >250 cells
| Culture negative neutrocytic ascites (CNNA)|| Negative || ≥250 || Poor culture technique and prior antibiotics or low opsonic activity in ascitic fluid. Commonly encountered phenotype and requires antibiotic therapy
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| Monomicrobial nonneutrocytic bacterascites || Positive for one organism || <250
| Monomicrobial bacterascites || Positive for one organism || <250 || Ascitic fluid infection which may resolve spontaneously or progress to SBP. Mortality is similar to SBP and should be treated as SBP.
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| Secondary bacterial peritonitis || Positive for many microbes || >250
| Secondary bacterial peritonitis || Positive for many microbes || ≥250 || Intraperitoneal source of infection e.g. diverticulitis
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| Polymicrobial bacterascites || Positive for many microbes || <250
| Polymicrobial bacterascites || Positive for many microbes || <250 || Usually due to needle perforation
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  • Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is one of the variants of ascitic fluid infections.
  • Classification of ascitic fluid infections is based on neutrophil count and culture report.
Type of Infection Bacterial Culture Report Neutrophil Count (cells/mm3) Comments
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Positive usually for one organism ≥250 Patients with cirrhosis and ascites in the presence or absence of symptoms and signs
Culture negative neutrocytic ascites (CNNA) Negative ≥250 Poor culture technique and prior antibiotics or low opsonic activity in ascitic fluid. Commonly encountered phenotype and requires antibiotic therapy
Monomicrobial bacterascites Positive for one organism <250 Ascitic fluid infection which may resolve spontaneously or progress to SBP. Mortality is similar to SBP and should be treated as SBP.
Secondary bacterial peritonitis Positive for many microbes ≥250 Intraperitoneal source of infection e.g. diverticulitis
Polymicrobial bacterascites Positive for many microbes <250 Usually due to needle perforation

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