Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Plesiomonas shigelloides

J P Alcañiz; B de Cuenca Morón; M Gómez Rubio; J L Martínez Albares; J Garcia Alvarez

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Plesiomonas shigelloides

Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Sep;90(9):1529-30.

Authors

J P Alcañiz¹, B de Cuenca Morón, M Gómez Rubio, J L Martínez Albares, J Garcia Alvarez

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Getafe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 7661186

Abstract

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is a well known complication in cirrhotic patients with ascites. The etiological spectrum is broad. We report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Plesiomonas shigelloides.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications
Male
Middle Aged
Peritonitis / complications
Peritonitis / drug therapy
Peritonitis / microbiology*
Plesiomonas*

Substances

Cefotaxime