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Microbiology All India exam 30b7fe55

In a patient of the nephritic syndrome with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, which one of the following micro-organisms is most commonly involved?

A
Proteus
B
Escherichia
C
Pneumococcus
D
Staphylococcus
High-Yield Explanation
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis means peritonitis without any apparent source of contamination.Enteric gram-negative organism E. coli most commonly encountered but sometime gram-positive organisms such as streptococci and enterococci also responsible.

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