Peritoneal Level of CD206 Associates With Mortality and an Inflammatory Macrophage Phenotype in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

We characterized human peritoneal macrophage populations in patients with cirrhosis and identified a marker in ascites that might be used to identify those with a strong inflammatory reaction who are at risk of death within 90 days of development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.