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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis with Sepsis Caused by Enterococcus hirae
Article en En | WPRIM | ID: wpr-146690
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ABSTRACT
Selective intestinal decontamination (SID) with norfloxacin has been widely used for the prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) because of a high recurrence rate and preventive effect of SID for SBP. However, it does select resistant gut flora and may lead to SBP caused by unusual pathogens such as quinolone-resistant gram-negative bacilli or gram-positive cocci. Enterococcus hirae is known to cause infections mainly in animals, but is rarely encountered in humans. We report the first case of SBP by E. hirae in a cirrhotic patient who have previously received an oral administration of norfloxacin against SBP caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae and presented in septic shock.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: WPRIM Métodos Terapéuticos y Terapias MTCI: Plantas_medicinales Asunto principal: Peritonitis / Líquido Ascítico / Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana / Administración Oral / Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas / Enterococcus / Sepsis / Ampicilina / Antibacterianos Idioma: En Revista: Journal of Korean Medical Science Año: 2012 Tipo del documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: WPRIM Métodos Terapéuticos y Terapias MTCI: Plantas_medicinales Asunto principal: Peritonitis / Líquido Ascítico / Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana / Administración Oral / Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas / Enterococcus / Sepsis / Ampicilina / Antibacterianos Idioma: En Revista: Journal of Korean Medical Science Año: 2012 Tipo del documento: Article