Gupta Nitin, Sahni Vaibhav, Singh Pritam, Das Aakanksha, Kar Premashish
Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital and G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110 002, India.
Indian J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep-Oct;25(5):263-4.
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a known complication of ascites due to cirrhosis; it has also been reported in some non-cirrhotic conditions with ascites. We report a 50-year-old lady with isolated splenic vein thrombosis who developed SBP due to E. coli .