Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A healthy 20-year-old man was admitted with abdominal pain and fever. He had signs of peritoneal irritation, and blood tests showed elevated infection markers. Laparoscopy revealed purulent peritonitis of unclear cause. Blood cultures grew Streptococcus pneumoniae. He improved rapidly with antibiotics. This case highlights a rare manifestation of pneumococcal disease - peritonitis in an unusual subject; a young, previously healthy patient without risk factors. Following recovery, he was vaccinated against pneumococci.
Source: Ugeskrift for Læger
DOI: 10.61409/v04250301
Authors: Marlene Aagaard Hansen, Michelle Meier
Institution: Regional Hospital Randers
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Statens Serum Institut
OpenAlex ID: W4414611528