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==Description==

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==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.

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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==

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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''

*Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G. (2009) '''Small Animal Internal Medicine (Fourth Edition)''' ''Mosby Elsevier''.

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