The validity of Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells (TREM-1) in diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in cirrhotic patients

Abstract

The current study was designed to evaluate the validity of (TREM-1) in diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in cirrhotic patients and follow up after treatment for cirrhotic patients admitted to Tropical Medicine department at Ain Shams University hospitals during the six months period starting from August 2017 to February 2018. Sixty patients were enrolled in this study. All of them were subjected to Complete history taking, thorough clinical examination, laboratory investigations including (complete blood picture, C reactive protein, liver and renal profiles, abdominal ultrasonography, ascitic fluid sampling for ascitic cell count, biochemical assay (ascitic fluid albumin, LDH, glucose and total proteins levels), ascitic fluid culture and sensitivity and measurement of TREM-1.