Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a potentially lethal complication of ascites. The inflammatory response is very intense in case of SBP despite low concentration of bacteria in the ascitic fluid with IL-17A overproduced by intestinal Paneth cells and may have role in host immune defense and inflammatory response.
Aims: To study the diagnostic performance of serum and ascitic fluid IL-17A as a marker of SBP and its correlation with renal function.
Acute pancreatitis differ in pediatrics and adults. Drug-induced pancreatitis is one of the common causes of pancreatitis in children. This case-control study aimed to assess subclinical pancreatitis in patients with epilepsy treated with different drug regimens.
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