Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis undergoing large volume paracentesis.

Series	Age (years)	Sex	Etiology of cirrhosis	Aspect of ascitic fluid	Polymorphonuclear cells/mm3 of ascitic fluid	Organism in culture	MELD	Death
1	67	M	Alcohol	Turbid	2790	Negative	18	Yes
2	69	M	Hepatitis B virus	Limpid	1023	No culture	23	Yes
3	56	M	Undiagnosed	Hemorrhagic	446.5	No culture	7	No
4	58	M	Undiagnosed	Turbid	5715	No culture	9	No
5	65	M	Undiagnosed	Turbid	38115	Negative	17	No
6	65	M	Undiagnosed	Limpid	52136	No culture	10	No
7	70	F	Cryptogenic	Limpid	1334.8	Negative	20	No
8	67	M	Undiagnosed	Slightly turbid	850.5	No culture	13	No
9	60	F	Cryptogenic	Turbid yellow	6935.5	Streptococcus viridans	22	No
10	58	M	HCC	Hemorrhagic	307.8	No culture	7	No
11	64	M	Alcohol + HCC	Slightly turbid	262.2	No culture	13	No
12	64	F	Cryptogenic + schistosomiasis	Limpid	387.5	No culture	10	No
13	64	F	Cryptogenic	Limpid	2044.8	No culture	13	Yes
14	59	M	Hepatitis B virus	Turbid	273.25	Negative	17	No
15	54	F	Undiagnosed	Limpid	270	No culture	14	No
16	57	F	Hepatitis C virus	Slightly turbid yellow	4606	Negative	14	No
17	52	F	Schistosomiasis	Limpid	314	No culture	11	No
18	52	F	Undiagnosed	Limpid	280	No culture	10	Yes
19	52	F	Schistosomiasis	Limpid	360	No culture	13	No
20	50	F	HAI	Turbid yellow	1822.5	Negative	14	No
21	65	M	Alcohol	Turbid	1740	Staphylococcus capitis	13	No
22	55	M	Alcohol	Limpid	422.4	No culture	36	Yes
23	52	M	Hepatitis C virus	Turbid	294	No culture	29	Yes
24	63	M	Undiagnosed	Slightly turbid yellow	258.5	No culture	12	Yes
25	69	M	Undiagnosed	Slightly turbid	317.25	Negative	16	Yes
26	52	F	Hepatitis C virus	Turbid yellow	2527.2	No culture	14	Yes
27	62	F	Hepatitis B virus	Limpid	3741	No culture	22	No
28	70	M	Hepatitis C virus	Turbid	5161.5	No culture	16	No