Frequency and Predictors of Recurrent SBP in Cirrhotic Patients in Al Rajhi University Hospital

Inclusion Criteria

• •Any cirrhotic patient above the age of 18 years old of both sexes, having a first episode of SBP will be included in our study.
• •1. The diagnosis of cirrhosis was based on clinical manifestation (ascites, splenomegaly, lower limb edema and/or esophageal varices by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy), laboratory findings and radiological (abdominal ultrasonography), or liver histology.
• •2. The diagnosis of SBP was based on a neutrophil cell count of 250 cell or more per mm3 with or without culture positivity of ascitic fluid, in the absence of hemorrhagic ascites and secondary peritonitis.