Pneumococcal Peritonitis

A Case of Pneumococcal Peritonitis after Caesarean Section in a Healthy Woman

Pneumococcal peritonitis is prevalent in children and adults with comorbidities but extremely rare in healthy adults. Here we describe a case of pneumococcal peritonitis in a previously healthy woman with no known risk factors who presented with constipation, abdominal pain, and distention. Her only past medical history was an uncomplicated C-section two months prior to presentation. A laparoto...

Pneumococcal peritonitis in adult patients: report of 64 cases with special reference to emergence of antibiotic resistance.

BACKGROUND Few data are available regarding pneumococcal peritonitis. We studied the clinical characteristics of intra-abdominal infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and its prognosis in relation to antibiotic resistance. METHODS We reviewed all cases of culture-proved pneumococcal peritonitis. Patients with liver cirrhosis and primary pneumococcal peritonitis were compared with pati...

Pneumococcal peritonitis in previously healthy adults: case report and review.

We report a case of primary pneumococcal peritonitis in a young woman with no predisposing features, and we review 26 other cases of pneumococcal peritonitis in previously healthy adults. This disease is very rare in adults without cirrhosis, ascites, nephrotic syndrome, autoimmune disease, or immunocompromise. It occurs almost exclusively in women, and in most of these patients, there is a pro...

Pneumococcal Peritonitis: With Report of a Recovery with M. & B. 693

ariri eiles ?f 46 cases with 86 per cent mortality, pother of 45 cases with 100 per cent criu^^y. Loutsch and Merigot (1934) des10 cases with a mortality of 40 per cent. Lipshutz and Lowenburg (1926) report 23 cases of pneumococcal peritonitis and streptococcal peritonitis in children under 6 years of age, each with a mortality of 100 per cent. Newell (loc. tit.) states that in the literature t...

An Uncommon Site of Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization Leading to Recurrent Pneumococcal Disease

This report describes a case of relapsing pneumococcal peritonitis. The postulated source of infection was vaginal colonization and secondary adherence of pneumococci to an intrauterine contraceptive device. After immunization with a conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, her antibody levels were observed. She remained infection free at the 2-year follow-up investigation.

Pneumococcal Peritonitis