title: Comments on the editorial by Riggio & Ageloni on the ascitic fluid analysis.
abstract: Angeloni et al published a landmark study on the use of Coulter counters in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) diagnosis. Riggio and Angeloni have recently published an editorial on the ascitic fluid analysis in diagnosis and monitoring of SBP. Herein, some points of interest are discussed.
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koulaouzidis
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis*