Background: Ceftriaxone or cefotaxime has been the drug of choice to treat spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) for many years, but little is known about microbiology, resistance rate to cephalosporines, and clinical outcomes over the last few decades. Our study aimed to describe the clinical and microbiological characteristics of culture-positive SBP at University of Kentucky Hospital. [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male with history of diabetes mellitus, right foot osteomyelitis, psoriasis, and multiple medication allergies (including vancomycin, levofloxacin, daptomycin, ertapenem, ampicillin-sulbactam, and infliximab) presented to the hospital with complaint of jaundice, abdominal pain, and vomiting. He had been diagnosed one week prior with methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis and was being [...]