- bacterascites
- bac·ter·as·ci·tes (bak″tər-ə-siґtēz) [bacterium + ascites] bacterial infection of ascitic fluid.
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bacterascites
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monomicrobial non-neutrocytic bacterascites — spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by a single organism; the ascitic fluid neutrophil count is less than 250 cells/mm3 … Medical dictionary
polymicrobial bacterascites — an iatrogenic infection of ascitic fluid caused by needle perforation of the bowel during paracentesis and characterized by the presence of several species of bacteria … Medical dictionary
