Q1. Choose the incorrect statement amongst the following:
- (1) Patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) may be completely asymptomatic.
- (2) Bacterascites is defined as a negative ascitic fluid culture result but an ascitic neutrophil count above 250/mm3.
- (3) Risk of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis is increased due to multiple factors including alterations in the gut-liver axis, together with the immune dysfunction
- (4) Patients with a low ascitic fluid protein concentration and advanced cirrhosis or kidney failure are at high risk of developing a first episode of SBP.
- (5) Question not attempted