Low ascitic fluid protein does not indicate an increased risk for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in current cohorts

J Hepatol. 2015 Aug;63(2):527-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.03.040. Epub 2015 May 24.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine IV (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; The Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena, Germany. Electronic address: tony.bruns@med.un-jena.de.
² Department of Internal Medicine I, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Germany. Electronic address: philipp.lutz@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
³ Department of Internal Medicine IV (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases), Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; The Integrated Research and Treatment Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena, Germany.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine I, Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany.

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