NOD2 gene variants are a risk factor for culture‐positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and monomicrobial bacterascites in cirrhosis

Zusammenfassung

Background: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is considered as result of bacterial translocation from the gastrointestinal lumen to the mesenteric lymph nodes and subsequent circulation. Variants of the NOD2 gene contribute to bacterial translocation and were associated with SBP in a recent study.