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Contrast-enhanced computed tomography findings for a patient with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Edwardsiella tarda.. The images show circumferential thickening of the cecum (arrows).
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C-reactive protein, 0.16 mg/dL; hemoglobin, 11.6 g/dL; platelet count, 5.2 x 104/muL; prothrombin time, 11.7 s; international normalized ratio, 1.04; total bilirubin, 0.8 mg/dL; albumin, 3.9 g/dL; aspartate transaminase, 51 IU/L; alanine transaminase, 36 IU/L; and serum creatinine, 0.81 mg/dL. Computed tomography (CT) revealed circumferential thickening of the cecum and a small volume of ascites in the pelvic cavity (Fig. 1).