摘要
Salmonella typhimurium, a non-typhoidal salmonella, is an unusual cause of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). It isusually reported in asymptomatic patients with normal or high ascitic fluid protein levels with underlying immunosuppression,as high opsonic activity in the ascitic fluid of these patients protects them from the usual organisms causingspontaneous bacterial peritonitis, unless they are exposed to a particularly virulent organism like salmonella. We report acase of culture-proven non-typhoidal salmonella in a patient with decompensated cirrhosis, with low protein and withoutany underlying immunosuppression, and no other source to explain its origin.
