?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Spontaneous+Bacterial+Peritonitis+in+Subclinical+Hypothyroidism&rft.creator=Gupta%2C+D&rft.creator=Thakur%2C+P&rft.creator=Chabra%2C+V&rft.creator=Kapur%2C+G&rft.creator=Sondhi%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Hypothyroidism+is+an+uncommon+cause+of+ascites.+Here+we+describe+a+case+of+a+75+year-old+female+patient+with+spontaneous+bacterial+peritonitis+and+subclinical+hypothyroidism+that+resolved+with+thyroid+replacement+and+antibiotic+therapy+respectively.+Ascitic+fluid+analysis+revealed+a+gram-positive+bacterium+on+gram+staining.+A+review+of+the+literature+revealed+just+one+other+reported+case+of+myxoedema+ascites+with+concomitant+spontaneous+bacterial+peritonitis+and+no+case+has+till+been+reported+of+spontaneous+bacterial+peritonitis+in+subclinical+hypothyroidism.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9700%2F1%2F2013-3-13.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gupta%2C+D+and+Thakur%2C+P+and+Chabra%2C+V+and+Kapur%2C+G+and+Sondhi%2C+S++(2013)+Spontaneous+Bacterial+Peritonitis+in+Subclinical+Hypothyroidism.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9700%2F