Primary Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Sofia Maraki; Panagiotis Moraitis; Sophia Barbagadakis; Ioannis Vlachakis

doi:10.4103/jgid.jgid_197_20

Primary Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

J Glob Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 16;13(2):103-104. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_197_20. eCollection 2021 Apr-Jun.

Authors

Sofia Maraki¹, Panagiotis Moraitis¹, Sophia Barbagadakis², Ioannis Vlachakis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
² Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Antimicrobial treatment; Streptococcus pneumoniae; children; diagnosis; primary peritonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports