title: The relationship between a model of end stage liver disease score (MELD score) and the occurrence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in liver cirrhotic patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine relationship between MELD score and the occurrence of SBP, prevalence of SBP, pattern of bacterial culture and antibiotic susceptibility of causative bacteria of liver cirrhotic patients at Sanglah Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study design was a cross-sectional analytic study. The population in this study consists of liver cirrhotic patients admitted at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar from June 2005 to February 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This result confirmed that the MELD score is a reliable index of disease severity and that higher MELD scores had a significantly more frequent SBP prevalence in patients with a MELD score of 18 or more compared with that in patients with a MELD score of 17 or less (p=0.01; 95% CI = 1.379-15.537). Prevalence of SBP was 30.6%. Thirteen patients (68.4%) had monomicrobial positive culture of Aerob bacteria, consisting of Gram negative bacterias in 10 (77%), with Escherichia coli and Acinettobacter baumanii being the most frequent, and 3 (23%) had Gram positive bacteria. High sensitivity to Cefoperazone, Cefotaxim, Ceftazidime, Cefpirome, Ciprofloxacin, Fosfomicin, Meropenem, Streptomycin, Gentamycin, Trimethoprim/Sulphamethoxazole, were shown.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on this study we concluded that severe liver cirrhosis with MELD score > or = 18 was associated with an increase risk of SBP, with a prevalence of 30.6%. Common causes of SBP mostly were Escherichia coli and Acinettobacter baumanii, which were sensitive to antibiotic treatment of Cefoperazone, Cefotaxime and Ciprofloxacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine Udayana University-Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar Bali.
authors.forename: A A Ayu Yuli
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gayatri
authors.forename: I G A
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Suryadharma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Purwadi
authors.forename: I D N
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Wibawa
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013997:Time Factors