| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The presence of SBP, which almost always occurs in patients with cirrhosis and ascites, is suspected because of signs and symptoms such as fever, abdominal pain, or altered mental status (table 1). (See Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in adults: Clinical manifestations".)The diagnosis is established by a positive ascitic fluid bacterial culture and an ascitic fluid absolute polymorphonuclear le
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