Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Alcoholic liver Cirrhosis Patients with Ascites

50 patients diagnosed of alcoholic liver cirrhosis with ascites were selected for the study. Patients with polymorphonuclear leucocyte count more than 250 were considered as cohort for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. By performing abdominal paracentesis, 5ml of ascitic fluid collected in blood culture bottle. All the inoculum are subcultured in nutrient, blood and Mac conkey agar. The organism were identified based on biochemical and sugar fermentation test. Pure culture was obtained in all the positive isolates. Of the positive isolates 11 cases (61.1 %) are Escherichia coli, klebsiella species and staphylococcus accounts for 3 cases each (16.6%) and shigella was positive in one case (5.5%)