Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis recurrence on norfloxacin secondary prophylaxis
Despite recent changes in bacteriological profile in SBP, recurrence of SBP on norfloxacin prophylaxis remains low. In recurrent SBP, response to ceftriaxone is significantly lower than first episode and there is trend towards increase in MDR organism in culture positive patient receiving norfloxacin.
Authors
- Balaji Musunuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-9140)
- Ganesh Bhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-3459)
- Rishi Raman
- C. Ganesh Pai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4676-6282)
- Shiran Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-0488)
- Vikas Pemmada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-9638)
- Athish Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7796-9341)
Institutions
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arab Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajg.2024.09.004
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74