The Palliative Management of Refractory Cirrhotic Ascites Using the PleurX^© Catheter

Figure 1

Kaplan-Meier curve displaying the interval between drain insertion and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis secondary to microorganisms consistent with skin flora (i.e., Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, Bacillus species, Coryneform, and Acinetobacter).