Journal of Liver

Toru Shizuma

Publications

• Research Article
  Retrospective Comparative Study of Spontaneous Peritonitis Associated with Fungal and Bacterial Infection in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
  Author(s): Toru Shizuma*Toru Shizuma*
  
  Objective: Although patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) have a high risk of developing bacterial and fungal infections, few studies have evaluated spontaneous fungal peritonitis (SFP) or fungiascites in this population. Accordingly, we conducted a retrospective comparative study of spontaneous peritonitis associated with fungal (SFP and fungiascites) or bacterial culture-positive ascites [spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and bacterascites] in patients with LC. Methods: This study enrolled 73 patients with LC and ascitic culture-positive spontaneous peritonitis, including four, three, 35, and 31 patients with SFP, fungiascites, culture-positive SBP, and bacterascites, respectively. We compared the laboratory findings, Child–Pugh scores, and 1-month mortality rates between patients with fungal disease, i.e., spontaneous peritonitis as.. View More»
  

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