Organisms causing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in children with liver disease and ascites in Southern Iran

Table 1 Results of ascitic fluid cultures in 12 patients with SBP

Organism	n	%
S. pneumoniae	5	38.5
E. coli	2	15.3
S. viridans	2	15.3
K. pneumoniae	1	7.7
H. influenza	1	7.7
Enterococci	1	7.7
Nontypable streptococcus	1	7.7

Table 2 Ascitic fluid analysis on admission and after 48 h of antibiotic therapy in SBP patients

PatientNo.	WBC1countonadmission	WBC1countafter48 h	Rate ofWBC1decline(%)	PMN2countOnadmission	PMN2countafter48 h	Rate ofPMN2decline(%)
1	6600	3000	0.45	5940	1200	0.44
2	1400	500	0.36	910	200	0.61
3	600	550	0.92	480	165	0.37
4	950	140	0.15	684	56	0.55
7	4000	3200	0.80	3000	704	0.29
10	3680	85	0.02	3496	70	0.86
12	840	100	0.12	689	53	0.65
13	1000	78	0.08	800	37	0.60

¹ White blood cell;

² Polymorphonuclear leukocyte.