Streptococcus pneumoniae appendicitis and bacteremia in an immunocompetent adult

Med Mal Infect. 2016 Mar;46(2):106-7. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2015.12.001. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Authors

X Argemi¹, N Lefebvre², M Baldeyrou², N Douiri², Y Hansmann²

Affiliations

¹ Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: xavier_argemi@hotmail.com.
² Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 26774278
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2015.12.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Appendicite; Appendicitis; Bacteremia; Bactériémie; Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Appendicitis / complications*
Appendicitis / microbiology*
Bacteremia / complications*
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Pneumococcal Infections / complications*