Papadatou Ioanna, Moudaki Angeliki, Mentessidou Anastasia, Tsakogiannis Dimitrios, Georgiadou Elissavet, Spoulou Vana
First Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Aghia Sophia' Children's Hospital, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Immunology and Vaccinology Research Lab, First Department of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Infect Dis Rep. 2023 May 30;15(3):299-306. doi: 10.3390/idr15030030.
(, 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.
肺炎球菌是全球儿童发病和死亡的主要原因。儿童侵袭性肺炎球菌疾病(IPD)最常见的表现包括菌血症性肺炎、脑膜炎和败血症。然而,肺炎球菌急性自发性腹膜炎是侵袭性肺炎球菌疾病一种极不常见且可能危及生命的表现,在腹部脓毒症病例中应予以考虑。据我们所知,我们报告了首例肺炎球菌腹膜炎在两名既往健康儿童中的家庭内传播病例。