1. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with myxedema ascites.
- Author
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Alberti LE, Lopez-Gomez A, and Alberti-Flor JJ
- Subjects
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Hypothyroidism drug therapy, Klebsiella pneumoniae isolation & purification, Liver Function Tests, Ofloxacin therapeutic use, Peritonitis drug therapy, Thyroid Function Tests, Ascites etiology, Hypothyroidism complications, Myxedema etiology, Peritonitis microbiology
- Abstract
Ascites is uncommon in patients with hypothyroidism. Herein we describe an 84-year-old female patient with myxedema ascites that resolved completely with thyroid replacement medication. Bacteriological studies of the ascitic fluid revealed gram-negative rods which eventually proved to be Klebsiella pneumoniae treated successfully with antibiotics. Our review of the literature failed to reveal a previous case of myxedema ascites with concomitant subclinical spontaneous bacterial peritonitis., (Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel)
- Published
- 2003
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