Primary Streptococcus pneumoniae appendicitis in a child: Case report and review

Dan Miron; Igor Dashkovsky; Miriam Zuker; Sergio Szvalb; Carlos Cozacov

doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000054021.39118.d2

Primary Streptococcus pneumoniae appendicitis in a child: Case report and review

Dan Miron
, Igor Dashkovsky
, Miriam Zuker
, Sergio Szvalb
, Carlos Cozacov

Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We describe an immunocompetent 12-year-old with pneumococcal appendicitis. The exact mechanism of the appendix seeding by Streptococcus pneumoniae is not known, and primary pneumococcal appendicitis has been described in only 6 children (of a total of 12 cases) in the English literature during the last 30 years. The actual incidence of this infection is thought to be ∼0.3% of all appendicitis cases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-284
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000054021.39118.d2
State	Published - 1 Mar 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Appendicitis
Child
Peritonitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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