title: Culture-negative spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: an ambiguous diagnosis without peritoneal biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA. conemedico@aol.com.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cone
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology