Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen known to cause pneumonia, sinusitis, meningitis, and otitis media, but is overlooked as a pathogen causing gastrointestinal illness. We report four cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing intra-abdominal and pelvic infection. Streptococcus pneumoniae should b...

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Autores principales: Ronnachit, Amrita, Ellenberger, Katherine A, Gray, Timothy J, Liu, Eunice Y, Gilbey, Timothy L, Cheong, Elaine Y, Gottlieb, Thomas, McKew, Genevieve L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492356
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1967
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author Ronnachit, Amrita
Ellenberger, Katherine A
Gray, Timothy J
Liu, Eunice Y
Gilbey, Timothy L
Cheong, Elaine Y
Gottlieb, Thomas
McKew, Genevieve L
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Ellenberger, Katherine A
Gray, Timothy J
Liu, Eunice Y
Gilbey, Timothy L
Cheong, Elaine Y
Gottlieb, Thomas
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description Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen known to cause pneumonia, sinusitis, meningitis, and otitis media, but is overlooked as a pathogen causing gastrointestinal illness. We report four cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing intra-abdominal and pelvic infection. Streptococcus pneumoniae should be considered in the setting of intra-abdominal infection, especially in patients with risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease or with a concomitant respiratory infection at presentation.
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spelling pubmed-58200182018-02-28 Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series Ronnachit, Amrita Ellenberger, Katherine A Gray, Timothy J Liu, Eunice Y Gilbey, Timothy L Cheong, Elaine Y Gottlieb, Thomas McKew, Genevieve L Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen known to cause pneumonia, sinusitis, meningitis, and otitis media, but is overlooked as a pathogen causing gastrointestinal illness. We report four cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing intra-abdominal and pelvic infection. Streptococcus pneumoniae should be considered in the setting of intra-abdominal infection, especially in patients with risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease or with a concomitant respiratory infection at presentation. Cureus 2017-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5820018/ /pubmed/29492356 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1967 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ronnachit et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Ronnachit, Amrita
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Liu, Eunice Y
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Cheong, Elaine Y
Gottlieb, Thomas
McKew, Genevieve L
Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title_full Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title_fullStr Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title_short Streptococcus Pneumoniae Causing Intra-abdominal and Pelvic Infection: A Case Series
title_sort streptococcus pneumoniae causing intra-abdominal and pelvic infection: a case series
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
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