Table 2.

Ascitic fluid analysis on admission and after 48 h of antibiotic therapy in SBP patients

Patient No.	WBC1 count on admission	WBC1 count after 48 h	Rate of WBC1 decline (%)	PMN2 count On admission	PMN2 count after 48 h	Rate of PMN2 decline (%)
1	6600	3000	0.45	5940	1200	0.44
2	1400	500	0.36	910	200	0.61
3	600	550	0.92	480	165	0.37
4	950	140	0.15	684	56	0.55
7	4000	3200	0.80	3000	704	0.29
10	3680	85	0.02	3496	70	0.86
12	840	100	0.12	689	53	0.65
13	1000	78	0.08	800	37	0.60

¹ White blood cell;

² Polymorphonuclear leukocyte.