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Intrafamilial Transmission of Pneumococcal Acute Spontaneous Peritonitis
Ioanna Papadatou1,2,3, Angeliki Moudaki1, Anastasia Mentessidou4
1First Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Abstract:
Streptococcus pneumonia (S. pneumoniae, Pneumococcus) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most common presentations of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children include bacteremic pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. However, pneumococcal acute spontaneous peritonitis is a highly uncommon-and potentially life-threatening-presentation of invasive pneumococcal disease and should be considered in cases of abdominal sepsis. To our knowledge, we report the first case of intrafamilial transmission of pneumococcal peritonitis in two previously healthy children.
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