Ana Maria Gasparotto, Ariel Gianecini, Andres Kasparian, Luis Kremer, Marta Rocchi, Carlos Quinteros Greco, Ana Valeria Ocaña Carrizo, Mercedes Navarro, Aida Monterisi
INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) is occasionally implicated as a cause of intra-abdominal infection (IIASpn) that can be 1) spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) in elderly patients with previous peritoneal disease, associated with cirrhosis, in most of the cases 2) associated or adjacent to an intra-abdominal organ or postsurgical. (IIAbq) 3) peritonitis in previously healthy young women (PHYW). Our objective is report 18 cases of IIASpn describing: clinical presentation, comorbidities, need for surgery, microbiological findings, sensitivity of Spn to antimicrobials, therapeutic behavior, and evolution...
September 16, 2022: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas