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Query: UMLS:C0341503 (bacterial peritonitis)
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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.
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PMID:Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a patient with myxedema ascites. 1458 66