Table 2.

Isolated bacteria from ascitic fluid in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Microorganism	Prevalence (%)
Gram-negative bacteria	48–59
Escherichia coli	25–33
Klebsiella spp.	8–13
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1–10
Other gram-negative bacilli	3–6
Gram-positive bacteria	48–62
Enterococcus spp.	9–24
Staphylococcus coagulase negative	27
Streptococcus viridans	10–15
Staphylococcus spp.	13–19
Streptococcus pneumoniae	3
Staphylococcus aureus	5–13
Multidrug-resistant bacteria	27–34

Note: Data from references 8–10,19,48,66,67,75.