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==Description==
 
==Description==
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==Prognosis==
 
==Prognosis==
 
Guarded.  Peritonitis is a multifactorial disease and the consequence is fatal in most cases.  A rapid diagnosis and treatment may improve the prognosis but it is generally poor in cases of septic peritonitis.
 
Guarded.  Peritonitis is a multifactorial disease and the consequence is fatal in most cases.  A rapid diagnosis and treatment may improve the prognosis but it is generally poor in cases of septic peritonitis.
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*Fibrinohaemorrhagic peritonitis in infectious canine hepatitis
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*Septic peritonitis caused by various agents, often [[Escherichia coli|''Escherichia coli'']] and anaerobic bacteria through perforation of the gut, rupture of [[Urinary Bladder - Anatomy & Physiology|urinary bladder]] or an abscess
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*Putrid peritonitis in uterine rupture with pyometra or septic metritis
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*''[[:Category:Nocardia species|Nocardia]]'' infection reults in profuse pink/red fluid due to blood and chronic inflammatory cells
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*Granulomatous peritonitis caused by [[Fungi|fungi]], ''[[:Category:Nocardia species|Nocardia]]'' and ''[[:Category:Actinomyces|Actinomyces]]''
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===Cats===
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*Putrid peritonitis in uterine rupture due to pyometra or fetal putrefaction
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*Peritonitis due to penetrating wounds
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*Septic peritonitis due to anaerobes in cat bite abscesses
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*Serous peritonitis in cats with [[Feline Infectious Peritonitis|feline infectious peritonitis]] especially in the wet form but exudate occurs also in the dry form
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**Viscous, clear, pale to deep yellow fluid, may contain strands of fibrin
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==References==
 
==References==
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*Ettinger, S.J, Feldman, E.C. (2005) '''Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine''' (6th edition, volume 2) Elsevier Saunders Company
 
*Fossum, T. W. et. al. (2007) '''Small Animal Surgery (Third Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''
 
*Fossum, T. W. et. al. (2007) '''Small Animal Surgery (Third Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''
 
*Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G. (2009) '''Small Animal Internal Medicine (Fourth Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''.
 
*Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G. (2009) '''Small Animal Internal Medicine (Fourth Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''.
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