Department of Internal Medicine;
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2012 Fall;23(3):e69-70. doi: 10.1155/2012/105850.
Primary peritonitis remains a rare disease in otherwise healthy children, with group A Streptococcus (GAS) being a particularly unusual cause. A case involving a 14-year-old girl, who presented with an 'acute abdomen' and was taken to the operating room for urgent laparoscopy, is reported. Abdominal and pelvic structures were only minimally inflamed, as was the appendix. Peritoneal fluid and blood cultures both grew pure cultures of GAS. The patient's course was complicated by streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. She fortunately made a full recovery. The present report highlights the diagnostic and treatment dilemmas associated with GAS primary peritonitis.
原发性腹膜炎在健康儿童中仍然是一种罕见疾病,A 组链球菌(GAS)是一种特别不常见的病因。报告了一例 14 岁女孩的病例,她表现为“急性腹痛”,并被紧急送往手术室进行腹腔镜检查。腹部和骨盆结构仅有轻微炎症,阑尾亦然。腹腔液和血液培养均生长出 GAS 纯培养物。患者的病程并发链球菌中毒性休克综合征。所幸她完全康复了。本报告强调了 GAS 原发性腹膜炎相关的诊断和治疗难题。