Apa from Escherichia colt, the other most common organism implicated in acute suppurative bacterial peritonitis is:

Ans. (b) Klebsiella [Ref CSDT 13/e, p 465; Harrison 18/e, p 1078, 19/e, p 846) Causative organism of acute bacterial peritonitis: Aerobic (30%) Anaerobic (10%) E. coli (MC) * Bacteroides Klebsiella * Peptostreptococci Enterococci Remember: In 60% of cases mixed anaerobic and aerobic infection is found.