Primary Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Primary peritonitis is a rare infection in healthy children, mainly affecting patients with underlying medical disorders. We report a case of primary pneumococcal peritonitis in an immunocompetent 3-year-old boy. Diagnosis was made at laparotomy and cultures of the intra-abdominal pus yielded Strept...

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Autores principales: Maraki, Sofia, Moraitis, Panagiotis, Barbagadakis, Sophia, Vlachakis, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34194180
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_197_20
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Sumario:Primary peritonitis is a rare infection in healthy children, mainly affecting patients with underlying medical disorders. We report a case of primary pneumococcal peritonitis in an immunocompetent 3-year-old boy. Diagnosis was made at laparotomy and cultures of the intra-abdominal pus yielded Streptococcus pneumoniae. Timely antibiotic treatment administered resulted in complete resolution of the infection.

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