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An empiric diagnosis of peritonitis should be made if the peritoneal effluent is cloudy, the effluent white blood cell (WBC) count is greater than 100/mm 3, and at least 50% of the WBCs are polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The diagnostic workup should be per-formed using a standardized procedure (Table 1). RATIONALE
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