Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in isolated splenic vein thrombosis with portal hypertension

Nitin Gupta; Vaibhav Sahni; Pritam Singh; Aakanksha Das; Premashish Kar

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in isolated splenic vein thrombosis with portal hypertension

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep-Oct;25(5):263-4.

Authors

Nitin Gupta¹, Vaibhav Sahni, Pritam Singh, Aakanksha Das, Premashish Kar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital and G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110 002, India.

PMID: 17090853

Abstract

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a known complication of ascites due to cirrhosis; it has also been reported in some non-cirrhotic conditions with ascites. We report a 50-year-old lady with isolated splenic vein thrombosis who developed SBP due to E. coli .

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Ascitic Fluid / microbiology
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications*
Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
Hypertension, Portal / drug therapy
Middle Aged
Paracentesis
Peritonitis / diagnosis
Peritonitis / drug therapy
Peritonitis / microbiology*
Splenic Vein*
Treatment Outcome
Venous Thrombosis / complications*
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents