Table 1 Symptoms and signs of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and its variants.

Symptoms and signs	SBP (%)	Bacterascites (%)	CNNA (%)	Secondary peritonitis (%)
Fever	68	57	50	33
Abdominal pain	49	32	72	67
Abdominal tenderness	39	32	44	59
Rebound	10	5	0	17
Encephalopathy	54	50	61	33

CNNA, culture negative neutrocytic ascites; SBP, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

Reproduced from Sleisenger's & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease, 7th ed, with permission from Elsevier.