Patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and malignant and cirrhotic ascites

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 276-280

  Yildirim, Bulent ^a,b   Sari, Ramazan ^a,b,c   Isci, Nuran ^a,c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascites; CRP; Diagnosis; Tumor necrosis factor; Tumor necrosis factor receptor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADULT; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 13444270449     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Schulte DR, Arnold PI. Properties of four acute phase proteins: C-reactive protein, serum amyloid A protein, α1-acid glycoprotein and fibrinogen. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1990,20:129-47.
2. Tietz NW, ed. Clinical guide to laboratory tests. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1995:358.
3. Ballou SP, Kushner I. C-reactive protein and the acute phase response. Adv Infer Med. 1992,37:313-37.
4. Mackiewics A, Speroff T, Ganapathi MK, et al. Effects of cytokine combinations on acute phase protein production in two human hepatoma cell lines. J Immunol. 1991;146:3032-3037.
5. Taylor AW, Ku NO, Mortensen RF. Regulation of cytokine-reduced human C-reactive protein production by TGF-Beta 1. J Immunol. 1990;145:2507-2513.
6. Mackiewicz A, Ganapathi MK, Schultz D, et al. Monokines regulate glycosylation of acute phase proteins. J Exp Med. 1987;166:253-258.
7. Jacob CO. Tumor necrosis factor-α in autoimmunity: pretty girl or old witch? Immunol Today. 1992;13:122-125.
8. Marona MA, Fong Y, Moldawer LL, et al. Serum cachectin/tumor necrosis factor alpha in critically ill patients with burns correlates with infection and mortality. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1990;170:32-38.
9. Maury CPJ, Teppo AM. Raised serum levels of cachectin/tumor necrosis factor-α in renal allograft rejection. J Exp Med. 1987;166:1132-1137.
10. Braegger CP, Nicholls S, Murch SH, et al. Tumor necrosis factor alpha in stool as a marker of intestinal inflammation. Lancet. 1992;339:89-91.
11. Hoefs JC, Runyon BA. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Dis Mon. 1985;31:1-48.
12. Rimola A, Soto R, Bory F, et al. Reticuloendothelial system phagocytic activity in cirrhosis and its relationship to bacterial infections and prognosis. Hepatology. 1984;4:53-58.
13. Wyke RJ. Problems of bacterial infection in patients with liver disease. Gut. 1987;28:623-41.
14. Felisart J, Rimola A, Arroyo V, et al. Cefotaxime is more effective than is ampicillin-tobramycin in cirrhotics with severe infections. Hepatology. 1985;5:457-462.
15. Bar-Meir S, Lerner E, Conn HO. Analysis of ascitic fluid in cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 1979;24:136-144.
16. Conn HO. Acidic ascitic fluid: a leap forward (or a step?). Hepatology. 1982;2:507-510.
17. Andus T, Bauer J, Gerok W. Effects of cytokines on the liver. Hepatology. 1991;13:364-375.
18. Muto Y, Noun-Aria KT, Meager A, et al. Enhanced tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 in fulminant hepatic failure. Lancet. 1988;2:72-74.
19. Bird GLA, Sheron N, Goka J, et al. Increased plasma tumor necrosis factor in severe alcoholic hepatitis. Ann Intern Med. 1990;112:917-920.
20. Zeni F, Tardy B, Vindimian M, et al. High levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in the ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;17:218-23.
21. Propst T, Propst A, Herold M, et al. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is associated with high levels of interleukin-6 and its secondary mediators in ascitic fluid. Eur J Clin Invest. 1993;23:832-6.
22. Topley N, Jörres A, Luttmann W, et al. Human peritoneal mesothelial cells synthesize IL-6: induction by IL-1α and TNF-α. Kidney Int. 1993;43:226-233.
23. Topley N, Williams JD. Role of the peritoneal membrane in the control of inflammation in the peritoneal cavity. Kidney Int. 1994;46(suppl 48):71-78.
24. Navasa M, Follo A, Filella X, et al. Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-6 in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis: relationship with the development of renal impairment and mortality. Hepatology. 1998;27:1227-1232.
25. Lantz M, Gullberg V, Nilsson E, et al. Characterization in vitro of human TNF-binding protein: a soluble form of TNF receptor. J Clin Invest. 1990; 86:1396-1402.
26. Yoshioka K, Kakumu S, Murakami H, et al. IL-2 activity in chronic active liver disease: response by T cells and in the autologous mixed lymphocyte resetion. Clin Exp Immunol. 1984;56:668-676.
27. Bac DJ, Pruimboom WM, Mulder PG, et al. High interleukin-6 production within the peritoneal cavity in decompensated cirrhosis and malignancy-related ascites. Liver. 1995;15:265-270.
28. Punnonen R, Teisala K, Kuoppala T, et al. Cytokine production profiles in the peritoneal fluids of patients with malignant or benign gynecologic tumors. Cancer. 1998;83:7887-7896.
29. Moradi MM, Carson LF, Weinberg B, et al. Serum and ascitic fluid levels of interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with ovarian epithelial cancer. Cancer. 1993;72:2433-2440.
30. Andus T, Gross V, Holstege A, et al. High concentrations of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors in ascites. Hepatology. 1992;16:749-755.
31. Lee FY, Lee SD, Tsai YT, et al. Serum C-reactive protein as a serum marker for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer. 1989,63:1567-1571.
32. Hale KK, Smith CG, Baker SL, et al. Multifunctional regulation of the biological effects of TNF-alpha by the soluble type-1 and type-2 TNF receptors. Cytokine. 1995;7:26-38.
33. Runyon BA. Ascitic fluid and serum C-reactive protein concentrations in patients with and without peritonitis. Am J Clin Pathol. 1986;86:773-775.
34. Corrall CJ, People JM, Moxon ER, et al. C-reactive protein in spinal fluid of children with meningitis. J Pediatr. 1981;99:365-369.